Registered Nurse -Case Manager Home Care 40 hours

Bristol Hospital Group•Bristol, CT

About The Position

At Bristol Health, nurses provide patient-centered care and coordinate continuity of care across the continuum. The Registered Nurse independently uses and documents the nursing process to plan, deliver, and evaluate goal-focused, individualized, safe, population-specific care, including for patients with complex pathophysiological or psychosocial needs. The nurse coordinates comprehensive continuum-of-care planning, accesses the health care team for complex planning, identifies problems when goals are not met, and helps implement solutions. The role includes advocating for patients, peers, and self; managing clinical assignments through appropriate delegation and use of resources; supporting cost-effective care; and contributing to unit success through projects, shared governance, and taskforces. Nurses promote patient safety and quality outcomes, integrate evidence-based practice, participate in unit quality-data collection, communicate significant information across care settings, collaborate with colleagues and the health care team, pursue continuing education, and develop and provide individualized patient and family education. Home Care Agency requirements include having a car for home visits, a valid Connecticut driver's license in good standing, and automobile liability insurance of $100,000-$300,000. The position involves regular exposure to patient elements and occasional stress. Physical demands include frequent movement and lifting more than 50 pounds repeatedly throughout the workday, along with use of a computer monitor and adequate corrected vision and hearing, normal smell, and verbal communication understandable to the average person.

Requirements

BSN, or an Associate Degree and matriculation into a bachelor's program.
Current Connecticut RN license.
Current State of Connecticut licensure as a Registered Nurse.
Basic Life Support (BLS) at time of hire; Health Care Provider BLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
Successfully complete the unit-based competency package and unit-specific requirements.
Strong team skills.
For the Home Care Agency: have a car for home visits, a valid Connecticut driver's license in good standing, and $100,000-$300,000 automobile liability insurance.
Complete general orientation at hire, annual fire/safety/infection-control education, and training programs required by the Education & HRD department.
Meet other unit-based competencies and skills as required.
Meet physical requirements including repetitive walking, running, bending, stooping, climbing stairs and ladders, kneeling, crouching, crawling, balancing, reaching, standing, sitting, and twisting; repeatedly lift more than 50 pounds throughout the workday.
Have vision and hearing acuity correctable to normal, an acute sense of smell for normal perception, and the ability to verbalize so the average person can comprehend.

Nice To Haves

Certification from a professional nursing body is preferred.

Responsibilities

Independently use and document the nursing process to plan, deliver, and evaluate goal-focused, individualized, safe, population-specific patient care.
Coordinate thorough, complete, population-specific continuum-of-care planning and provide appropriate information to the health care team for complex planning.
Identify patient and unit problems when goals are not met, participate in problem solving, and follow through on solutions.
Manage clinical assignments using appropriate delegation and available human and other resources.
Participate in identifying cost-effective clinical care measures.
Contribute to unit success through unit-based projects, shared governance councils, and taskforce meetings.
Demonstrate leadership, accountability, delegation, and ownership as a charge RN or through another outlet agreed upon with the manager.
Participate in operations that support, monitor, and improve patient safety and outcomes.
Read relevant research and, with assistance, participate in applying findings to practice.
Participate in monthly collection of unit-based quality data.
Communicate significant information across care settings and between caregivers; collaborate with peers and, with assistance, members of the health care team.
Develop, evaluate, and revise individualized, population-specific teaching plans; educate patients and families and participate in peer education.
Complete home visits using a personal car and maintain the required driver's license and automobile liability insurance.