Admissions Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

Guaranteed is a care company that makes tough moments easier. By blending at-home treatment with cutting-edge technology, we’re here to deliver care how you want it.

Guaranteed is backed by some of the best investors in the game ( including : BrandProject, Precursor, Springbank Collective, Lakehouse and Cake Ventures ) and have raised $6.

5 million in seed funding - one of the largest seed rounds for a Black female solo founder.

Our goal is to provide tech-enabled hospice services in a hybrid setting : best in class in-person and telemedicine care.

Our care providers are highly-trained healthcare professionals focused on support, comfort, and dignity. We are obsessed with providing for patients and families and want to change the cultural conversation around death.

Who You Are

You are obsessed with patient-experience and delivering excellence in care, support, and comfort through technology.

You are driven, in work and in life, by your compassion for people.

You believe the US Healthcare system is deeply problematic and inequitable, and you want to help architect a solution.

You are always learning new things from your friends, you colleagues, your communities, and the world.

You thrive when building alongside diverse teams, opinions, and cross-discipline roles.

You are more than comfortable in a 0 to 1 startup. You manage yourself as well as anyone else and you love iterating quickly.

Who We Are

We are equally obsessed with patient-experience, and also caregiver-experience, family-experience, and care provider-experience.

We strive to support everyone affected by death.

We are compassionate by nature.

We dream of healthcare systems that are more equitable and more human - and we work everyday to make them that way.

Medicine often ignores end of life care - we don’t. We talk about death. We talk about dying, about grief, about losing our patients and losing our loved ones.

We love teaching what we know and bringing humility to what don’t.

Job Type : Part-Time

Compensation : At Guaranteed, we aim to offer equitable and competitive compensation that demonstrates the value we place in our employees and our appreciation for the work they perform;

the base salary range for this role is likely to fall between $45-55 per hour depending on experience.

Summary

The Admissions Nurse is a registered nurse whose primary duty is to work closely and collaboratively with family members, members of the hospice interdisciplinary group, and other clinical staff to evaluate hospice eligibility and complete an initial assessment for patients who meet the criteria.

The Admissions Nurse will use their knowledge of LCD guidelines, pain and symptom management, and knowledge of end-of-life processes, the role and philosophy of hospice in order to educate these patients, family members, and caregivers about hospice services.

This position will work closely with the hospice IDG team, Primary Care clinicians, and other clinical staff.

Job Responsibilities

Evaluate and determine if patients meet hospice criteria

Admit patients to hospice services

Completes admissions paperwork within a timely manner (assessments, orders, etc.)

Conducts initial meetings with patients and families to inform them about hospice services and obtains consent for care

Performs follow-up meetings and phone calls from information visits

Documents visits and phone calls with patients, families, and referral sources

Standards of Performance

Actively supports and incorporates the mission and core values of the organization into daily activities. Treats all others with respect and demonstrates excellence and compassion in daily work and relationships with others.

Maintains confidentiality of all information related to patients, medical staff, employees, and as appropriate, other information.

Demonstrates service excellence and positive interpersonal relations in dealing with others, including patients, family members, caregivers, employees, clinicians, volunteers, and community members, so that productivity and positive relations are maximized.

Relevant Experience

Active Registered Nurse licensed in California (BSN preferred but not required)

Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and organizational skills

2 to 5 years of experience as a registered nurse in healthcare, 2 years hospice experience (required)

Proficiency in working with electronic medical record (EMR) system

Skills and Toolset You’ll Need to Bring

Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team-oriented environment

Strong conflict resolution, multi-tasking skills, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills are critical to success in this role

Knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance benefits a plus

Knowledge of Hospice LCD guidelines

Guaranteed is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, train, and compensate our team members based on their qualifications.

We want to hear from you regardless of your race, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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