Admissions/Team Nurse

By the Bay Health; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

By The Bay Health, a nonprofit hospice, seeks an Admissions/Team Nurse to support Nurse Case Managers, coordinate admissions for eligible hospice patients, and ensure seamless patient care across San Francisco and Marin counties.

The position requires an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in nursing, California RN license, and experience in acute care, home health, or hospice; you will perform in-person visits, use the nursing process, and collaborate with a transdisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Experience in acute care/ home health and/or hospice setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Make in-person nursing visits to patients as assigned, or as indicated when case managing.
• Use the nursing process to assess, plan, intervene and evaluate following patient/family needs and goals.
• Provide effective management of symptoms, including prompt escalation to providers or others as indicated.
• Coordinate patient/family services and prioritization of needs with the members of the transdisciplinary team or outside providers/services.
• Make telephone contact and/or conduct assessment visits with potential hospice patients to provide information on agency services and assess patient status.

Skills

Nursing care

Care coordination

Team collaboration

Patient advocacy

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Job description

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 Admissions/Team Nurse provides coverage for Nurse Case Managers to cover patient/staffing needs and processes admissions for eligible hospice patients in coordination with Team Manager.

Schedule:

Monday – Friday; 8:30am – 5:00pm

Location:

San Francisco County with additional coverage to Marin County as needed

By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.

++Essential Duties & Responsibilities include++

• Make in-person nursing visits to patients as assigned, or as indicated when case managing.
• Use the nursing process to assess, plan, intervene and evaluate following patient/family needs and goals.
• Provide effective management of symptoms, including prompt escalation to providers or others as indicated.
• Coordinate patient/family services and prioritization of needs with the members of the transdisciplinary team or outside providers/services.
• Make telephone contact and/or conduct assessment visits with potential hospice patients to provide information on agency services and assess patient status.

++Education/Experience++:

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited School of Nursing
• Experience in acute care/ home health and/or hospice setting preferred.

++Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:++

• Current license as a registered professional nurse in the State of California.
• Public Health Nursing certification highly desirable.
• HPNA certification preferred.

++Pay Range++

$58.34 – $72.95 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.