Registered Nurse - Hospital ICU/ ER

RN Hospital Admissions

The RN Hospital Admissions is responsible for facilitating timely and effective hospice admissions, ensuring patients and families receive compassionate, informative, and seamless care. This role requires collaboration with healthcare professionals, internal teams, and community partners to identify and overcome barriers to admission, while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards and best practices in hospice care. The RN ensures accurate assessments, develops initial care plans, educates stakeholders on hospice philosophy, and contributes to patient transitions and care coordination. Flexibility is required to work across hospital, long term care and home settings. Employees assigned this job title work understand that the length of the workday is determined by workload. Employees must be able to flex hours as needed to meet referral and admission requests.

Promote hospice services and philosophy to patients, families, healthcare professionals, and the broader community.

Evaluate hospice eligibility using Medicare Local Coverage Determination and clinical judgment.

Perform and document comprehensive patient assessments, including physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and functional needs.

Facilitate admission process, including physician order acquisition and communication.

Collaborate with physicians, referral sources, and interdisciplinary team members to ensure seamless patient care and transition.

Facilitates transfers from the Hospital to next level of care based on Medicare Conditions of Participation. Acts as the primary nurse designee while patient is physically in the hospital and communicates all changes as a member of the interdisciplinary care team including updating the patient's plan of care.

Serve as primary nurse designee for hospital-based patients, updating care plans and coordinating changes.

Educate medical community and partners on hospice referrals and benefits of early referral.

provide performance feedback to leadership.

Maintain professional representation of hospice organization in all external and internal engagements.

Participate in hospital committees, public relations activities, and educational programs.

Uphold organizational policies and procedures, fiscal responsibility, and ethical nursing standards.

Hospice philosophy, services, and admission criteria

Medicare Conditions of Participation and insurance-related hospice coverage

Community and LTC referral resources

Excellent verbal/written communication and customer service skills

Clinical nursing skills and interdisciplinary collaboration

Proficiency in EMR systems and Windows-based applications

Minimum of 2 years in hospital or long-term care settings

ICU or ER experience preferred

Prior hospice experience a plus

Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Florida.

Certification in Hospice and Palliative Nursing (preferred).

Diploma in Nursing, Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited program.

Have reliable transportation and flexibility to work across multiple hospital locations and perform home admissions as needed

Meet OSHA and CMS immunization and safety requirements including medical clearance and up-to-date vaccinations (TB, Hepatitis, Flu)

This description does not constitute a contract of employment, and employment with the organization is at-will, meaning either the employee or the organization may terminate the relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice.

Community Hospice & Palliative Care, including all of its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, is committed to complying with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure equal access to employment opportunities and the ability to perform the essential functions of a position. If you require an accommodation to complete the application process, interview, or perform the essential functions of a role, please contact Human Resources.

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