Hospice RN Case Manager (Tulsa, OK)

Ennoble Care • Tulsa, OK

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About The Position

Ennoble Care is hiring a full-time Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager to work in the Tulsa, Oklahoma region. As a member of the interdisciplinary team, the RN Case Manager works under the general direction of the Clinical Director, attending physician, and interdisciplinary group. The role provides skilled nursing assessments, planning, and care to maximize the comfort and health of patients and their loved ones and caregivers.

Ennoble Care provides mobile primary care, palliative care, and hospice services. Its clinicians visit patients at home and provide a continuum of care for people with chronic conditions and limited mobility. Programs include remote patient monitoring, behavioral health management, and chronic care management.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• One to two years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting.
• One to two years of recent home care experience.
• Current licensure in the state; the posting does not specify the state in this qualification.
• Excellent observation, verbal communication, written communication, problem-solving, and basic math skills.
• Nursing skills as described in the competency checklist.
• Licensed driver with an automobile insured in accordance with state or organizational requirements and in good working order.
• Able to walk or stand for prolonged or considerable periods.
• Able to lift, position, and/or transfer patients and lift supplies and equipment.
• Able to perform considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and/or crouching.
• Visual acuity and hearing sufficient to perform required nursing skills.
• Responsible for supervising hospice aides.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.
• One year of hospice care experience.

Responsibilities

• Accept a patient caseload assigned by the Patient Care Coordinator or designee.
• Assume primary responsibility for a patient caseload, including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.
• Coordinate care and resource use by communicating with attending physicians, Hospice staff, and other agencies as needed.
• Maintain regular communication with the attending physician about patients and their loved ones or caregivers.
• Seek input from other team members about patient plans of care.
• Provide accurate and timely documentation in electronic medical records.
• Participate in and contribute appropriate information to Interdisciplinary Group meetings.
• Coordinate patients’ physical care by teaching primary caregivers, volunteers, and employed caregivers, or by providing direct care as appropriate.
• Meet regularly with Hospice nursing staff to review caseload issues, share professional support, and exchange feedback to enhance professional growth.
• Attend patient care conferences and facilitate discussion of caseload issues for staff discussion, consultation, and evaluation.
• Supervise and document the NAC every two weeks or as assigned.
• Inform the Patient Care Coordinator of unusual or potentially problematic patient or family issues.
• Act as associate nurse when responding to other primary nurses’ patients and caregivers during on-call time, or as requested to meet patient and family needs during another nurse’s absence.
• Provide appropriate support at the time of death and during bereavement.
• Participate in Hospice orientation and in-service training programs for professional staff.
• Participate in agency and community programs as required to promote professional growth and understanding of hospice care.
• Maintain familiarity with agency policies and the state and federal rules and regulations governing hospice.
• Accept other appropriate assignments.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and supplementary benefits, including life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity.
• Paid time off.
• Paid office holidays.
• Paid sick time.
• 401(k) with up to 3% company match.
• Referral program.
• Payactiv pay-on-demand access to earned wages.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree