Job Description

Description

Overview Working outside the four walls of a facility or hospital is the dream for many… join our team to live the dream. You’ll make a difference every single day by providing direct patient care to individuals in their own home environment after their acute stay or surgery. Practice nursing independently, outside the four walls of a hospital or facility, and work with a team that values your critical thinking skills to care for the most vulnerable patients in our communities. Thrive every day through freedom, flexibility and a fast-paced, ever-changing, never-the-same-day-twice environment! Responsibilities As a Volunteer Coordinator you will be responsible for the planning, implementation, and maintenance of the volunteer and bereavement program, in order to meet the needs of patients and caregivers. May interact directly with persons in the age categories of neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric. • Coordinates the recruitment, training, evaluation, and retention of volunteers. Updates volunteer curriculum on an ongoing basis. • Coordinates and provides indirect supervision to volunteers needed for patient needs, office help and bereavement activities. • Responsible for accurately reporting monthly volunteer hours, obtaining volunteer documentation and recording activities. • Maintains a communication tool for volunteers to stay involved and current on hospice activities. • Functions independently, but seeks and accepts guidance from other members of the interdisciplinary group, or from members of the community. • Participates in Performance Improvement (PI) Program Coordination; including assisting with the overall development and implementation of the PI plan, assisting in the identification of goals and related patient outcomes, participation and reporting of activities and outcomes, development and implementation of corrective plans. • Participates in Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) in hospice activities such as IDT meetings, in-service education, department meetings, and relevant committees. Qualifications • Bachelor’s Degree required in healthcare, human services or related education. Experience may be substituted. • Preferred: Two years in human services, preferably having volunteer or volunteer coordination experience, experience with death / dying issues.And/Or Supervisory experience. • Compliant with appropriate state certification/registration and Company requirements as necessary. • Demonstrates excellent organizational skills. • Knowledgeable in using Microsoft programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook. • Ability to maintain both a high standard of courtesy, cooperation and respect in dealing with bereaved caregivers. • Excellent verbal communication with focus on listening skills. • Ability to interact with a variety of personalities.