Hospice Triage Nurse - Remote - MUST HAVE CA RN LICENSE

Hospice Triage Nurse - Remote - Must Have Ca Rn License

Larkspur

By The Bay Health, a non-profit established in 1975, set the standard for hospice in the U.S. by emphasizing the role of the patient in making important medical decisions. Our spectrum of home-based services now includes skilled home health care, palliative care, adult hospice care and pediatric care. Our team approach strives to address practical, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of care, with the goal to maximize quality of life for our patients, caregivers and families.

The Hospice Triage RN will receive phone calls from hospice patients and families. They will assess the needs of the patient and family, and coordinate the needed care and/or scheduling of home visits as needed. The triage nurse will collaborate with the transdisciplinary team members and facilitate communication among the transdisciplinary team, Hospice, and the patient's attending physician.

Schedule:

Monday - Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm

Office Location:

This position is primarily remote, but required to work from the Larkspur, CA office as needed

By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel. Essential duties & responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Receives phone calls from hospice patients and families
• Assesses the needs of the patients and families to coordinate needed care over the phone and scheduling visits as needed
• Managing patients' pain and symptoms pursuant to physicians' orders; obtaining changes in orders as need and updating the patient's plan of care and medication list accordingly
• Assessing the patient and family's needs for home visits, contacting the appropriate clinicians to schedule the visit, and notifying the patient and family of expected visit times

Education/Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a triage/telephonic nurse within the last five (5) years OR one (1) year of RN experience in hospice or palliative care.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• California RN license
• CHPN certification, preferred

Pay Range: $51.40 - $64.30 hourly

By the Bay Health is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at BTBH. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.