Residential Home Health and Hospice
Northbrook, IL, USA
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned as necessary. • Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es). • Responsible for obtaining complete/accurate demographic information, medical history including diagnosis for care and primary care physician information. • Responsible for introducing Residential Hospice to the patient/caregiver, explaining scope of our services, skilled services requested and coordinating start of care visit. • Other duties include ordering requested DME, infusion services, and coordination of medications upon discharge from acute care setting. • Patient education at bedside, arranging post discharge physician follow up appointments, sharing important discharge information with the primary care physician. • Attending discharge planning meeting as...