The Director of Admissions overall responsibility for the clinical supervision, coordination, and management of the Admissions RNs team. Responsible for the daily operations planning and priority setting for patient evaluation, admissions, and oversight, management, and evaluation of staff. Ensures the provision of high-quality hospice care is delivered in an efficient and cost-effective manner while maintaining compliance with the professional standards, hospice standards, federal and state regulations, Joint Commission standards, and the NYS nurse practice acts.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Provides supervision, supports professional leadership development, and actively participates in goal setting for Admission RN team.
Promotes staff engagement through effective communication with the Referral Center, Liaison and Provider Relation teams regarding organizational messaging, quality metrics (e.g. CAHPS), operational processes, and performance improvement opportunities and successes.
Fosters an environment of collaboration and respect with all team members.
Understands the Hospice Conditions of Participation (COPs) and how they apply to program coordination and ensures that all state and federal regulations and Joint Commission standards are followed.
Actively participates in nursing leadership meetings and effectively leads division-specific meetings.
Participates in recruitment, hiring, development, support, retention, and evaluation of assigned department personnel.
Responsible for ensuring adequate orientation and training for all new staff assigned to the area. Collaborates with the Director of Education and Training regarding establishing a preceptor for each new employee and clearly defining the expectations of the preceptor and the new employee.
COMPETENCIES:
Possess excellent critical thinking skills and conflict resolution skills.
Autonomy and independent thinking and decision making daily.
Ability to remain calm during periods of high stress and/or conflict.
Good verbal and written communication skills
WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Works in assigned settings, patient/family homes and community agencies.
Moderate to high risk of exposure to unsafe environments.
Ability to carry up to twenty-five pounds of supplies and/or materials used to provide community education.
Moderate amount of time sitting and working with a computer screen
Valid NYS Driver’s License
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Current registration as a registered nurse in New York State.
Certified as a Hospice Palliative Care Nurse or obtain certification after one year of employment.
BS or BSN (currently attending college to obtain a BSN) or commensurate experience, clinically and/or managerially.
Minimum of three years of clinical nursing, at least one year of which is medical-surgical nursing.
Managerial/Leadership experience preferred.
Oncology, critical care and/or home care experience
Hours: Variable Schedule - 4 (10hr.) days per week (8:30am-6:30pm)
Pay: $115,000-120,000 per year
FLSA: Exempt
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Generous PTO, Hospice and Palliative Care Certification and more!
Hudson Valley Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Hudson Valley Hospice is here to help when individuals in Dutchess and Ulster Counties are faced with a life-limiting illness. For more than 35 years, Hudson Valley Hospice has provided a wide range of programs and services for the patient and their loved ones that go beyond Medicare hospice requirements. These distinctive and specialized services are currently taking place in the home, nursing facilities and area hospitals, wherever a patient calls home.
Our specially trained interdisciplinary team comprised of physicians, hospice certified nurses, home health aides, social workers, music therapists, chaplains, grief and bereavement specialists, end of life doulas and volunteers come together to support the patient and their loved ones, offering programs, services and treatments that address comfort, pain and symptom management, spiritual care and grief and bereavement support, all designed to enhance the quality of life during a patient’s final months and weeks and support their loved ones. Hospice care is a benefit provided under Medicare Part A, Medicaid, Veterans Administration benefits, and most commercial insurance plans. Through the generosity of the community to our F...oundation, financial assistance may also be available to cover the cost of hospice care.
Hudson Valley Hospice is a proud Level 5 member of the We Honor Veterans program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the Department of Veterans Affairs. We are so very proud to serve our Veterans, who along with their families, have sacrificed for all of us.
Hudson Valley Medical Health Choices, a community based palliative practice that focuses on the needs of the patient, not on their prognosis. This type of care is vital to providing relief from the symptoms and stress of an illness, with a goal of improving the quality of life for both the patient and their loved ones.