What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Provider Relations LVN Liaison position at Mission Hospice & Home Care?
Mission Hospice & Home Care serves patients and families in the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay with quality care and compassionate end-of-life support and education. Founded in 1979, we are a local, independent nonprofit that has provided thousands of patients and their families with physical, emotional, and spiritual support throughout the journey from a life-threatening diagnosis through death and bereavement.
This full-time position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment.
The Provider Relations LVN Liaison will provide education about services to medical providers within assigned territory and meet immediate admission needs of patients
Schedule
Monday - Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm
Location:
Stanford Hospital (Palo Alto), including Redwood City to San Jose
Mission Hospice & Home Care follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
$95K - $100K annually
Mission Hospice and Home Care is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at MHHC. 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.
This full-time position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment.
The Provider Relations LVN Liaison will provide education about services to medical providers within assigned territory and meet immediate admission needs of patients
Schedule
Monday - Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm
Location:
Stanford Hospital (Palo Alto), including Redwood City to San Jose
Mission Hospice & Home Care follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Develop relationships, maintain regular contact, and resolve issues with referral sources including physicians, hospitals, nursing facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, senior housing, and community service agencies to ensure ongoing quality of care and referrals
- Determine patient's eligibility for hospice care
- Obtain informed consent(s) for service, inform patient/family of rights and responsibilities
- Assist with the implementation and coordination of services required for the discharge of patients from hospitals into the agency’s hospice program
- Communicate with Intake and Admissions department regarding hospice referral/admission
- Assist Director of Provider Relations in negotiating or redefining contract provisions as necessary and in accordance with relevant laws and regulations
- Completion of a Licensed Vocational Nursing Education Program from an accredited school
- Minimum of one year of LVN experience preferably in an acute care setting. Experience in a home health/ hospice setting preferred but not required
- Current Licensed Vocational Nurse certification from the California Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners
- Valid California certification in Intravenous Therapy & Blood Withdrawal preferred
$95K - $100K annually
Mission Hospice and Home Care is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at MHHC. 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 : $95,000 - $100,000