Hospice Liaison / Admissions Registered Nurse (RN) (58173)

## Description

Hospice Liaison / Admissions Registered Nurse (RN)

in Fort Wayne, IN and Surrounding Area

Interim Healthcare is a leading provider of home care, hospice, and medical staffing services, helping people maintain safety, independence, and dignity in their own homes. Our mission is to improve people’s lives through compassionate, patient centered care. We are seeking a clinician who has a true passion for Hospice and will help us in building a truly special program for our patients in the Fort Wayne community.

**Our Hospice Liaison / Admission RNs enjoy some excellent benefits:**

• $85,000 - 95,000 base salary!
• Mileage Reimbursement
• 1:1 clinician-to-patient ratios where you impact outcomes
• Clinician Friendly EMR!
• Employer happily covers 90% of employee-only medical plan
• Flexible assignments, autonomy and work-life balance
• Online training, growth and ability to earn CEUs
• PTO, Holiday Pay, Medical/Dental/Vision & 401(k) Benefits

**Essential Functions:**

• Coordinate and manage transitions between Home Health and Hospice service lines, ensuring continuity of care and regulatory compliance.
• Conduct hospice clinical assessments and facilitate admission coordination to ensure timely, appropriate patient onboarding.
• Lead compassionate, person centered goals of care conversations with patients, families, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Train new staff including clinicians and account executives on criteria for selecting the right service line for each patient whether it is Home Health, Hospice, and other service lines we provide.
• Monitor and participate in Home Health Interdisciplinary meetings to identify patients who may benefit from Hospice services.
• Collaborate with Sales, Intake, Home Health Leadership, and the Hospice Leadership team to align communication, referrals, and transition planning.
• Implement and support process improvements to enhance communication, reduce delays, and improve efficiency across service lines.
• Maintain documentation in the electronic health record and ensure adherence to Interim Healthcare policies, federal and state regulations, and quality standards.

**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:**

• Knowledge of Home health, hospice, and palliative care clinical models, eligibility criteria, and regulatory requirements Medicare Conditions of Participation, state regulations.
• End of life care principles, symptom management, and advanced care planning.
• Interdisciplinary team structures and documentation standards in home based care.
• Facilitating sensitive goals of care conversations with patients, families, and providers using empathetic, non directive communication.
• Using electronic health record systems, scheduling tools, and Microsoft Office to manage documentation, referrals, and workflow.
• Identifying inefficiencies and implementing process improvements to streamline transitions between service lines.
• Make sound clinical and programmatic decisions under time constraints while maintaining regulatory and quality standards.
• Build collaborative relationships with Sales, Intake, Home Health Leadership, and the Palliative Nurse Practitioner to ensure coordinated care.
• Travel independently between patient homes and offices, adapting to changing schedules and priorities.

**Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:**

• Current, active RN license in the state of Indiana
• Minimum of three years of clinical experience in Hospice Care.
• Strong understanding of Medicare home health and hospice eligibility criteria and documentation requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead interdisciplinary collaboration, facilitate difficult conversations, and provide staff education.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with comfort presenting to clinical and non clinical audiences.
• Proficient with electronic health record systems

**Working Conditions & Physical Effort:**

• Work is normally performed in an office work environment and may require occasional work to be performed in a patient’s home, schools, or occupational settings.
• Able to work flexible schedule including overtime and evening hours as needed.
• Able to travel as needed i.e. engage in local and occasional out of town travel.
• Occasional exposure to communicable diseases, bloodborne pathogens and or other potentially infectious or hazardous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment.

**Why Work for Interim HealthCare?**

Founded in 1966, Interim HealthCare is the nation’s first home care company and a leading employer of Hospice Clinicians. Operating through 300+ offices, our commitment to you is expressed through a family-oriented culture that values and appreciates nurses, and a passion to put patients first. Join a nationwide network of clinicians who are making a significant impact in the lives of others through the personalized, home-based care they provide.

Interim HealthCare provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.