Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager, RN

Brighton Hospice•Franklin, IN

14d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Case Manager (RN) plans, organizes, and directs hospice care, drawing on nursing experience with an emphasis on community health education and experience. The nurse uses community resources to plan and direct services that meet the needs of patients and families in their homes and communities. The role includes assessing patients and families, coordinating care for an assigned caseload, providing professional nursing care, developing and revising care plans, administering prescribed medications and treatments, and counseling and educating patients and families. The position requires meeting the weekly visit minimum established by the Office Administrator.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in good standing in the state or states of practice.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers, and CNA leadership.
Ability to work one-on-one with patients while receiving support from a patient care team.
Ability to work independently on a day-to-day basis.
Ability to handle phone, email, and written communication and meetings with a variety of health care professionals.
Understanding of hospice rules and regulations.
Time-management skills to manage visits, documentation, meetings, and urgent needs by prioritizing and triaging multiple concerns.
Ability to learn an electronic medical records system.
Willingness to drive and travel across the service area, with reliable transportation, a valid driver's license, and auto insurance.

Responsibilities

Complete initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessments of patients and families to determine hospice needs, including physical assessments and histories of current and previous illnesses.
Complete initial evaluations, consents, and patient admissions.
Coordinate patient care for an assigned caseload.
Provide professional nursing care using all elements of the nursing process.
Assess and evaluate patient status by writing and initiating plans of care, regularly reevaluating patient and family or caregiver needs, and participating in revisions to the plan of care.
Initiate and revise plans of care as patient status and needs change.
Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
Develop care plans with goals based on nursing diagnoses and palliative nursing actions, involving patients and families in the planning process.
Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
Administer medications and treatments prescribed by the physician in the plan of care.
Counsel patients and families about nursing and related needs.
Provide health care instructions to patients as appropriate to the assessment and plan.
Assist patients with activities of daily living and support their efforts toward self-sufficiency and optimal comfort care.
Complete the weekly visit minimum established by the Office Administrator.