Home Health RN Case Manager

American Addiction Centers • Elgin, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Home Health RN Case Manager develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum. This role involves providing individualized care to promote physical and psychosocial comfort, assessing patient and family readiness, and involving them in planning and implementing care. The position requires mobilizing appropriate resources, adapting practice to evidence-based literature, and participating in quality improvement initiatives. The RN Case Manager will also educate patients and families, assist in creating an environment for educational growth for peers, and utilize the nursing process as a problem-solving model. This includes recognizing clinical changes, evaluating and implementing changes to the plan of care, making sound clinical decisions for complex patients, and prioritizing patient care. Initiating referrals and discharge planning, applying ethical decision-making, monitoring confidentiality, and delegating correctly to unlicensed assistive personnel are also key responsibilities. The role demands collaboration with peers and other disciplines, demonstrating leadership behaviors, and committing to the development of self and others. Participation in unit meetings, utilizing resources for knowledge, and demonstrating effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills are essential. The position requires critiquing one's own nursing practice and achieving required certifications or a Bachelor's Degree, along with earning a minimum of 10 contact hours per year.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
• Earn 10 continuing education credits annually
• One year of medical surgical experience
• Has as demonstrated proficiency for the requirements for RN role
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good documentation skills.
• Computer skills
• Good time management and organizational skills
• Familiarity with patient care equipment
• Current Illinois RN license
• Current CPR
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts in order to accommodate staffing
• Ability to take “on call” assignments.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and complete work within short timeframes.
• Ability to transport objects, patients, and equipment
• Ability to respond quickly to patient needs and work at fast pace
• Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas of the unit
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available.
• Must be able to travel to all areas within the Advocate service area in all extremes of weather on all types of roads.
• Must be willing to work occasional overtime if needed.
• Must be able to assist with ambulation including turning and transferring patients up to 200 pounds

Nice To Haves

• A valid driver’s license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum.
• Demonstrates adaptive communication styles based on individual patient needs.
• Provides individualized care to promote physical and psychosocial comfort.
• Assesses patient and family readiness and involves them in planning and implementing care.
• Seeks consultation as needed.
• Incorporates an individualized, holistic approach in the plan of care.
• Facilitates the patient and family’s right to receive quality, cost effective care.
• Mobilizes appropriate resources in response to situations that have the potential to negatively impact patient and family outcomes.
• Adapts practice to the latest standards according to evidence-based literature.
• Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives.
• Participates in efforts to reduce risk and improve patient safety.
• Meets regulatory and mandatory requirements on the unit.
• Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes.
• Assists in creating an environment that promotes educational growth opportunities for nursing peers and colleagues.
• Assesses patient and family readiness to learn, and modifies approach as necessary.
• Seeks out opportunities to enhance knowledge, skill, and competence of department members.
• Demonstrates the use of nursing process as a problem-solving model.
• Recognizes changes in clinical situations.
• Evaluates and implements changes to the plan of care.
• Consistently makes sound clinical decisions, demonstrating the ability to care for patients with complex problems.
• Prioritizes and organizes patient care and ensures follow through with planned care.
• Initiates referrals and discharge planning for assigned patients and actively coordinates utilizing the interdisciplinary approach.
• Applies ethical decision making.
• Monitors for confidentiality and assures appropriate business conduct.
• Delegates correctly to unlicensed assistive personnel.
• Seeks resources for disruptive behavior that impedes care delivery.
• Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care.
• Demonstrates leadership behaviors and is committed to the development of self and others.
• Participates in unit meetings and activities that improve patient care or administrative systems.
• Utilizes available resources to maintain current knowledge base relevant to practice.
• Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills, promoting collaboration among healthcare team members.
• Demonstrates ability to critique own nursing practice and achieves required certifications or Bachelor’s Degree.
• Earns a minimum of 10 contact hours per year.

Benefits

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees