Hospital Liaison (RN)

A healthcare organization in New York is currently seeking an experienced, licensed Registered Nurse (NR) to join their team in Rockland County as a Hospital Liaison. In this role, the Hospital Liaison (RN) will be responsible for developing a hospice presence in the hospital, attend and facilitate rounds and care conferences, confer with all health care providers for the primary purpose of increasing admissions.

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with referral sources
• Encourage timely consideration by facility staff and Physicians for the facility as an appropriate mode of care, assisting in identification of eligible clients, and attend relevant meetings
• Meet with patients and families to assess eligibility, identify needs, explain hospice services and associated benefits, and arrange for and/or conduct hospice admission in absence of the Admission Nurse
• Serve as covering visit nurse for hospitalized patients in absence of regular staff
• Work in conjunction with Hospital Case Managers in reviewing the hospital daily census to identify appropriate patients, providing consultation and follow ups requested
• Identify and develop new opportunities for increasing referrals
• Identifies hospitalized nursing home residents who meet eligibility criteria and arrange for or conduct admission to facility prior to discharge
• Participate in QAPI program and hospice sponsored in-service training in compliance with professional, regulatory and agency standards
• Promote exemplary customer service to Physicians, facility staff, patients, and families
• Participate in on-call rotation to handle new referrals when office is close
• Perform other duties, as needed

Qualifications:

• 5 years of related Nursing experience; 2 years of Hospice experience; 1 year of Acute Care experience
• Graduated of an accredited School of Nursing
• NYS Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Solid assessment, clinical, and documentation skills
• Patient oriented
• Great interpersonal skills
• Excellent communicaiton skills (written and verbal)
• Strong atteniton to detail
• Highly organized

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• CHPN