Hospice Nurse Mentor

3 weeks ago

Little Falls, New Jersey, United States Hackensack Meridian Health Full time

Overview

At Hackensack Meridian Health, we value our team members as the heart of our organization. Our employees help patients live better, healthier lives, and we support each other to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members, not just coworkers. We offer competitive benefits, but it's also about how we support one another and show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better, advancing our mission to transform healthcare and lead positive change.

Visiting Health Services of New Jersey (VHSNJ), a partnership between Hackensack Meridian Health and St. Joseph's Health, provides a comprehensive continuum of home health care and hospice services, support, and resources to patients and families in Passaic, Bergen, and parts of Morris counties. Our multidisciplinary clinical and support teams provide high-quality care to patients where they most want to be - in their homes.

Total Rewards

We recognize our team members with a Total Rewards package, including Comprehensive Health Benefits, generous Paid Time Off, Travel Reimbursement, a 401k match, and Tuition Reimbursement. This package demonstrates our commitment to our employees' well-being and career growth.

Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse Hospice Mentor will supervise and guide field staff to ensure quality care for hospice patients and caregivers. They will serve as a role model, advocate, and motivator to help new nurses acclimate and maintain their competency in hospice nursing. The incumbent will demonstrate effective nurse mentorship qualities, including strong hospice knowledge, organizational skills, and time management. They will also collaborate with mentees to develop a beneficial learning plan and maintain composure at all times.

  • Conduct supervisory visits with nursing staff to observe home interactions and ensure quality indicators are met, including medication reconciliation, wound care, pain assessment, infection control practices, home safety assessment, and family satisfaction.
  • Instruct and observe HHA supervisions conducted by nursing staff to ensure competency.
  • Observe and instruct in the development and updating of nursing care plans.
  • Schedule one-to-one instruction with nursing staff who need remediation and document the learning plan.
  • Assist in developing critical thinking skills and problem-solving.
  • Support new and existing clinicians in documentation excellence, COP compliance, case management, time management, and scheduling.
  • Conduct chart audits to ensure continuous survey-ready documentation in the Epic environment, identify clinician knowledge gaps, and communicate required corrections to appropriate staff.
  • Collaborate with MCPs on learning opportunities and support to staff.
  • Take the lead role in new hire orientation and facilitate scheduling, completion of competencies, and required onboarding education.
  • Participate in performance improvement projects and provide data for completion of QAPI reports.
  • Assess family satisfaction during supervisory visits and assist in identifying trends for improvement.
  • Collaborate with Staff Development to ensure comprehensive understanding of hospice Medicare conditions of participation, reimbursement requirements, and HMH policy and Lippincott procedure manuals.
  • Schedule weekly check-in meetings with the orientee and MCP.
  • Train experienced nurses to become nurse preceptors.
  • May be required to function as staff RN providing patient care in the field or hospital setting, inclusive of managing a caseload.
  • Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Associate's Degree in Nursing or Diploma Certificate in Nursing.
  • Minimum three (3) years clinical experience in hospice.

Licenses and Certifications Required

  • NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
  • AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.
  • Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse within 1 year of entering position.

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