What are the responsibilities and job description for the Admissions/Team Nurse position at By the Bay Health?
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:
Marin County
By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- 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:
- One year experience as a professional nurse in the past three years 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.
Salary : $58 - $73