Community Educator/Hospice Marketer Job at Alternate Solutions Health Network in

Job Title

Community Educator/Hospice Marketer at Alternate Solutions Health Network

Job Summary

Licensed Professional Nurse responsible for promoting hospice brand, establishing clinical relationships, supporting patient transitions, and facilitating elections.

Responsibilities

• Support eligible patients ensuring admission barriers are addressed while maximizing agency growth and profitability.
• Attend meetings and visit key referral sources with Community Relations Representatives, developing referral relationships within the community.
• Review patient medical records and gather clinical information from the current care team and patient.
• Conduct at bedside meetings with patient and caregiver to identify and discuss hospice qualifications and potential admission plan.
• Encourage patient and caregiver engagement by providing education regarding medical condition, disease, symptom management, referral source, and community resource options.
• Explain benefits, gather information toward determining eligibility, complete hospice care election statement, and begin admission process as appropriate.
• Demonstrate initiative in applying sound principles of management in planning, organizing, and delivering care.
• Collaborate and communicate with all members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Participate actively in meeting the goals and objectives of the hospice organization.
• Perform and document care adhering to the professional, hospice, regulatory body, and nursing standards.
• Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to professional growth.
• Partner with the Community Relations team to develop and maintain referral source relationships and assist with timely interventions if issues arise.
• Maintain an active RN or LPN license in the state of services.

Qualifications

• RN or LPN with a minimum of 2 years of experience in sales and marketing within the hospice continuum of care; experience supporting and developing GIP programs desired.
• Preferred Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of services.
• Ability to create positive impressions and communicate with a variety of people; maintain effective communication with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers.
• Compassionate and caring while working with patients.
• Ability to make appropriate clinical judgments; identify a situation and handle it with the best possible solution.
• Detail-oriented and observant.
• Verbal knowledge of hospice and palliative care nursing, state and federal regulations.
• Differentiates hospice from acute care nursing as noted by verbal report during IDT meeting.
• Utilizes the nursing process in a holistic approach to identify complex needs and to develop and implement creative strategies for meeting those needs while recognizing, reporting, and documenting signs and symptoms of decline.
• Documents data relative to complex or sensitive psychosocial, medical-legal, physiological states.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates teaching plan; incorporates teaching plan into daily care and documents as well as providing educational support to referral sources as needed.
• Performs care adhering to professional standards of practice and hospice standards of care.
• Assists in developing or revising policies and procedures as requested.
• Participates in audit process as requested to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Assists in compliance committees and meetings as requested.
• Disciplined style of work ethic; ability to prioritize and be timely; works efficiently.
• Ability to follow directions and work as a team member.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.