Hospice Care Liaison RN
Elm Grove, WI
PRIDE Health
4x10 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: Home-Hospice Care Liaison

Employment Type: Contractor
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Overview

• Serve as a hospice liaison, monitoring referral queues and consulting with patients referred from hospitals or skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for hospice care.
• Provide assessments and recommendations on appropriate hospice settings for patients transitioning to hospice in hospital settings.
• May admit patients to hospice services within the hospital.
• Assigned to 1-2 hospitals depending on size and patient census.
• Typical patient load: 2-3 patients per day.

Patient Population

• Adults with diagnoses such as heart failure, cancer, and other end-of-life disease processes.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Wisconsin
• Minimum 2 years of Hospice Palliative Care RN experience, including experience within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• BLS (Basic Life Support) certification
• Experience with Epic EMR systems
• Comfortable educating providers on how to manage end-of-life medications
• Understanding of different levels of hospice care (general inpatient, routine, respite)

Skills and Competencies

• Symptom management for end-of-life conditions (e.g., pain, shortness of breath).
• Comfortable with end-of-life medications and educating providers on management.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with physicians.
• Knowledge of hospice benefits, philosophy, and different levels of hospice care (general inpatient, routine, respite).
• Understanding of various hospice service levels.

Work Environment & Support

• Travel to 1-2 hospitals daily; average driving time approximately 45 minutes one way.
• Provided with laptop and phone.
• Support available from supervisors/managers via phone and chat.
• Liaison team and Hospice Medical Directors available for consultation.

Orientation & Scheduling

• 40 hours of unit orientation with staff member.
• No weekend rotation, on-call, or holiday work required.
• Work hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
• Rotating day off each week; occasional block scheduling may be possible but not guaranteed.

Additional Information

• Dress code: Business casual or professional scrubs; white coat preferred but not required.
• Parking is free.