Intake/Admissions RN

INTAKE/ADMISSIONS RN | FULL TIME | M-F

Job Summary

The Intake/Admissions RN supports the functions of the clinical department by admitting patients as needed and providing support to the intake department when needed throughout the Yakima and Benton County.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Completes an initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of the nursing process.
• Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by: writing and initiating a plan of care, regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs, participating in revising the plan of care as necessary, and uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis
• Receives and documents hospice and palliative care referrals called or faxed to the department from all outside sources, including hospitals, clinics, other facilities or families.
• Assesses clinical needs of patients interpreting and utilizing data obtained from referral sources and medical records as available.
• Determines patient eligibility for hospice or palliative care services as measured against program criteria.
• Verifies skilled care orders with physicians as needed, obtains history and physical from physician as needed.
• Obtains insurance information from referral source and forwards information to insurance verifier.
• Ensures compliance with all state, federal, and Accrediting Body referral/intake regulatory requirements.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with current and potential referral sources.
• Builds and monitors community and customer perceptions of Heartlinks as a high-quality provider of services.
• Gathers, collates, and reports referral statistics including key customer referral trends.
• Maintains a comprehensive working knowledge of Heartlinks contractual relationships and ensures that patients are admitted according to contract provisions.
• Maintains a comprehensive working knowledge of community resources and assists referral sources in accessing community resources should services not be provided by Heartlinks.

Position Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the state.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an accredited program preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and direct professional and administrative personnel.
• Ability to market aggressively and deal tactfully with customers and the community.
• Knowledge of corporate business management, governmental regulations, Accrediting Body standards, and private payer practices.
• Demonstrates good communications, negotiation, and public relations skills.
• Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.

Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible to enroll into:

• Full-time employees accrue up to 168 hours of PTO annually for the first four years (6.46 hours per pay period), in addition to accruing sick time at the rate of 1 hour for every 40 hours worked. Bereavement and jury duty leave also available.
• Holiday pay for 6 observed holidays.
• Healthcare plans, i.e. medical, dental and vision. Heartlinks pays 100% of medical premiums and 75% of dental and vision premiums for employee.
• 401(k) retirement plan, up to 5% match after one year of employment.
• Term-Life Insurance with $10,000 worth of coverage at no cost to the employee and with the option to enroll in additional insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement/professional development assistance.
• Premium pay for hospice related certifications.
• Hourly wage dependent on hospice and supervisory experience.
• Miles driven for work are reimbursed.