RN Clinical Program Liaison - Hospice & Palliative Care

MJHS; Elizabeth (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MJHS Hospice & Palliative Care seeks a program specialist to implement projects that promote goal setting, advance care planning, and hospice eligibility review and enrollment for medically ill patients in specified settings.

You will collaborate with MJHS Institute and Hospice teams, ensure protocol adherence, educate professionals on-site, and support transitions to hospice in line with laws and agency policies.

Qualifications

• Responsible for programmatic implementation of projects to promote goal setting, advance care planning and hospice eligibility review and enrollment for populations with advanced illness.
• Collaborates with senior management to ensure project implementation aligns with goals and objectives.
• Implements protocols to identify patients appropriate for the project.
• Communicates with physicians and treatment team to implement the project.
• Determines eligibility for the project when a patient is identified.
• Communicates with patients and families to facilitate goal setting discussions and advance care planning.
• Performs hospice eligibility review with physicians and discusses enrollment with patients and families as needed.
• Assists with Election of Benefits and hospice admissions completion as required.
• Ensures timely and accurate procedures for distribution, tracking, return, and quality control of telehealth devices.
• Creates educational materials to support telehealth use.
• Tracks and supports telehealth patient identification and device triage.
• Assists with telehealth-enabled interventions as directed by management.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for programmatic implementation of projects intended to promote goal setting, advance care planning and hospice eligibility review and enrollment in populations with advanced illness.
• May provide clinical support, leadership and oversight for growth and development of community and facility-based hospice programs.
• Provides education to professionals at the site of the project, as necessary to advance its goals and improve the quality of care.

Job description

MJHS Hospice & Palliative Care seeks a program specialist to implement projects that promote goal setting, advance care planning, and hospice eligibility review and enrollment for medically ill patients in specified settings.

You will collaborate with MJHS Institute and Hospice teams, ensure protocol adherence, educate professionals on-site, and support transitions to hospice in line with laws and agency policies.