FT RN Home Hospice Team Leader

Coastal Hospice invites you to join a team of caregivers who are committed to promoting dignity and quality of life for patients and families who face life-limiting conditions.  In your role as Home Hospice Team Leader, you will:

• Ensure a consistent high quality hospice experience
• Collaborate with other members of the Coastal Hospice team to develop policies for the hospice residence compliant with state, federal and Joint Commission standards and best practices
• Be a member of the Leadership Team and assists in administrative efforts to support the mission of the organization
• Lead, supervise and mentor a team operationally and administratively, facilitating superior compassionate, efficient and effective delivery of services
• Confer with appropriate members of the IDG regarding referrals, changes in patient level of care, contemplated discharges, patient hospitalizations and any other significant patient changes in a timely manner
• Recruit, interview, hire and train staff members in collaboration with discipline specific clinical experts
• Conduct employee performance reviews timely and effectively
• Identify learning needs of staff and provides educational resources to meet employee needs; Serves as a resource and mentor to staff
• Provide care as needed to hospice patients within scope of practice
• Assure documentation of IDG members is complete and timely in accordance with legal and regulatory standards
• Collaborate with leaders within Coastal Hospice to assure program needs are met and resources are used effectively
• Participate in the development and implementation of protocols, policies and procedures related to patient care and organizational goals
• In collaboration with supervisor, participate in annual budget process
• Ensure department and organizational QAPI goals are met
• Be accountable for meeting patient care needs 24/7 via appropriate scheduling and delegation to members of the IDG
• Share in responsibility for management/leadership 24/7 including administrator-on-call (AOC) rotation
• Assure smooth team functioning by:
  • Scheduling appropriate staffing levels according to budgeted position control
  • Oversight of adequate utilization of patient care equipment and medical supplies
  • Maintaining effective professional relationships with hospitals, physicians and other health care providers
  • Assuring patient related documentation is complete and timely in accordance with legal and regulatory standards
  • Maintaining safe physical environment according to unit needs and regulatory standards
  • Maintaining a relationship with partner facility and supporting joint collaboration