Advance Care Planning Facilitator

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Advance Care Planning Facilitator you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Parham Doctors' Hospital which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

Parham Doctors' Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Parham Doctors' Hospital!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As an Advance Care Planning Facilitator, your primary responsibility is to ensure that an effective program of advance care planning is integrated into the HDH (HCA VA Richmond Market) such that the advance care planning health needs of patients, families, and HCA team members are assessed and met in accordance with advance care planning best practices as established by the Honoring Choices Virginia (Respecting Choices) and the Virginia POST (Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment) paradigms. Additional responsibilities include:

• Design and implement educational programs for health care professionals to improve their understanding of advance care planning to include Advance Directives, Durable Do Not Resuscitate and POST.
• Design and disseminate a mechanism for referral to qualified HDH/HCA advance care planning facilitators.
• Assist with the development and implementation of organizational systems that support HDH/HCA advance care planning objectives including policies and protocols
• Work in close collaboration with key HDH/HCA programs and departments to develop and promote quality advance care planning including Palliative Care, Physicians, Nursing, and others.
• Provide support to patients, families, and HDH/HCA team members struggling with end of life decisions.
• Promote Advance Care Planning educational events to include, but not limited to National Healthcare Decisions Day.
• Assist with Ethics, End of Life, Organ Donation support and education.
• Provide oversight to the HCV data collection associated with patient accruals, process changes, and documentation issues to assess results obtained and make improvements as needed.

What qualifications you will need:

• Active Registered Nurse license in the state of Virginia
• Certified Respecting Choices Advance Care Planning facilitator and instructor
• Certified Respecting Choices Next and Last Steps and Virginia POST Collaborative advance care planning facilitator and instructor (completed within 1 year of hire)
• Critical Care or Hospice experience required
• Familiarity and experience with healthcare advance directives required
• Excellent written, oral communications, conflict resolution and interpersonal skills
• Experience with public speaking
• Proficiency with Meditech, hCare Portal, HPF, Excel, and PowerPoint

Henrico Doctors’ Hospital has provided quality healthcare services to the Richmond community since 1974. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 340-bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities. The hospital offers a full range of healthcare services, with specialties in trauma, cardiovascular and neurological care, women’s health, oncology, and groundbreaking diagnostic imaging. We are a national trendsetter in kidney transplants through the Virginia Transplant Center. As part of the Virginia Institute of Robotic Surgery, we drive the state in minimally invasive procedures with da Vinci robotic-assisted surgeries.

We are proud to be the recipient of several national awards. The awards include Top 100 Hospital by Truven Health Analytics®, 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiology Services and Treatment of Stroke, and Healthgrades Stroke Care Excellence Award. We have many other Five-Star clinical achievements recognizing our heart, stroke, and critical care programs.

At Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Advance Care Planning Facilitator opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.