Nurse Patient Care Coordinator HART
Company: ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER
Location: Tacoma
Posted on: January 13, 2021
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Job Description:
Overview: CHI Franciscan Health has exciting and rewarding
careers with competitive salaries and benefits. We are a family of
hospitals, health care services, and medical providers delivering
compassionate care to people throughout the South Puget Sound. We
are part of Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the largest
not-for-profit health care systems in the country. Our mission is
to deliver high quality care that meets our patients' medical needs
while providing emotional and spiritual support to patients and
their families. We believe this three-part approach - physical,
emotional, and spiritual - is essential to healing the whole
person. Come join our team! The CHI Franciscan Hospice team
provides end of life care to 700 patients per day in a wide variety
of settings including homes, Adult Family Homes, Nursing Homes,
Hospice House and Assisted Livings. We provide patient centered
care focusing on comfort and quality of life. Staff are organized
into multiple small teams based on geography and whether patients
live in facilities or homes. Franciscan Hospice reaches patients in
the 4,000 square mile area including King, Pierce and Kitsap
Counties. Staff need to be willing to travel within their assigned
area. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic
Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700
care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to
home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is
accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our
world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need
caring and our families need protection. With our combined
resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy
communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and
innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our
hospitals and out in the community. Responsibilities Job
Summary:
This job is responsible for evaluating and admitting patients to
CHI-Franciscan Health (CHI-FH) hospice services in accordance with
professional nursing standards, internal guidelines and applicable
regulatory requirements. Work includes: 1) responding to urgent
client telephone calls; 2), assessing and identifying the symptom
management needs of clients; 3) coordinating the necessary
interventions in accordance with agency treatment protocols to
resolve client concerns; and 4) providing end-of-life education to
clients to ensure their physical, psychological and spiritual needs
are met.
An incumbent utilizes critical nursing skills to assess situations
over the phone, addressing urgent clinical issues as appropriate
and in collaboration with physician and/or established
protocols/standards. Work requires strong communication skills in
order to get the necessary assessment information over the
telephone and to give the patient/caregiver instructions in triage
situations. An incumbent exercises a high degree of independent
judgment and applies skills obtained through academic and clinical
preparation. Unusual problems or proposed deviations from
guidelines, practices or precedents are discussed with a manager or
physician before being initiated. Essential Duties:
Interviews and evaluates patients for hospice eligibility in
accordance with Medicare criteria
Admits patients to hospice services in accordance with established
procedures.
Performs patient Triage activities in accordance with standard
protocols.
Assesses learning readiness and educates patients and/or families
concerning their physical, psychosocial or spiritual needs and
monitors the status of hospitalized patients.
Cultural Sensitivity and Competence: Demonstrates proper use of
communication tools/materials for effective communication and
understands how the culture(s) of patient populations can affect
communication, collaboration and the provision of care, treatment
and services. Patient Population Served: Demonstrates knowledge and
proper skills associated with the department's defined specific
populations served.
Performs related duties as required. Qualifications Job
Requirements:
*Graduation from an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred.
*Two years of related nursing work experience in an acute clinical
care setting that would demonstrate attainment of the requisite job
knowledge skills/abilities. *Work experience in one of the
following clinical specialty areas is required: Oncology, Med/Surg,
Nutrition Support, Pediatrics, IV Therapy, Gerontology, and Home
Health.
*Current licensure as an RN by the Washington State Board of
Nursing.
*Current Health Care Provider BLS Certification. CommonSpirit
Health participates in E-verify.
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