LHGLI - Hospice Liaison Nurse in Baltimore Washington Medical Center

We are currently offering a $5000 Sign-on-Bonus!

Location: Serving Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Shift: Day (8hrs) weekend rotation required

The Luminis Health Gilchrist Lifecare Institute (LHGLI) Liaison Nurse generates & facilitates patient admissions from hospital-based referral sources, promotes growth of admissions, performs, or coordinates clinical assessments of possible patients, and is responsible for meeting LHGLI goals for successful relationships with area hospitals.

The Liaison Nurse establishes and nurtures external professional relationships, maintains awareness of local medical markets, provides clinical or psychosocial assessments of prospective patients when necessary, and represents LHGLI its spectrum of services in a competent, professional manner consistent with the organization’s goals.Education

Registered Nurse, Associate degree or Nursing Diploma

Experience

Minimum of three (3) years experience required with hospice, home health, critical care, ER, oncology medical/surgical experience, community outreach or pastoral counseling

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to market to and deal tactfully with customers (e.g. physicians, social workers, nurses, etc.), other possible referral sources, and the community.
• Excellent professional communication, negotiation, presentation and public relations skills.
• Self-directed with the ability to work with little supervision in a rapidly changing environment.
• Flexibility in scheduling and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong clinical or psychosocial assessment and documentation skills.
• Strong computer skills including, e-mail, EMR, Word and PowerPoint applications.

Licensures, Certifications

• Must possess current Maryland State license as a Registered Nurse.
• Valid driver’s license and safe driving record and an automobile that is insured in accordance with GHC requirements

Physical Requirements

• Able to provide patient care or assistance that involves lifting, repositioning, moving patients and includes bending, reaching and twisting.
• Ability to travel to patient locations; includes ability to drive, negotiate stairs and walkways, including uneven surfaces at private homes or facilities.
• Sufficient dexterity to utilize electronic record keeping systems, computers/keyboards and or laptops and other related equipment.
• Vision ability to assess patient’s health status using visual inspection and observation and to read medications, charts, calibration and monitoring devices as appropriate
• Speech to verbally communicate to assess and impart information concerning patient status; to effectively complete patient/family teaching and to interact with internal and external health care teams.

Working Conditions

• Normal office environment with driving as large part of the day in the field, which includes visits to patient’s homes, some in unsafe areas (escort provided).
• Exposed to adverse working conditions due to performance of patient care activities and exposure to communicable diseases

Conditions of Employment

• Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

 Account Management Responsibilities

• Actively develops and fosters area hospital referral source acceptance and allegiance to GHC.
• Effectively implements strategies and tactics to increase admissions from referral sources.
• Maintains awareness of changing medical environment and industry competition.
• Represents GHC with professionalism at all times & responds in a timely manner to referral source questions or requests for presentations.
• Maintains current knowledge of each facility’s discharge planning process and builds relationships with key institutional referral sources.
• Professionally and compassionately interacts with patients, families and hospital referral sources to explain end-of-life care services.
• Delivers effective “in-services,” “lunch & learns” and other presentations to relevant parties educating the medical community on GHC, end-of-life care, hospice philosophy and other related topics.
• Maintains current knowledge of Hospice Medicare Benefit and other applicable insurance information and communicates related information when needed.
• Tracks success of liaison efforts, partners with other Admission & Business Development team members to discuss current procedures, and suggests improvements and n