Registered Nurse Case Manager (RNCM) - Hospice
About The Position
So, you like working with a creative, dynamic team and making a difference? Sometimes the grass is greener! The mission of First Call Hospice, a locally owned agency founded in 1993, is to provide individualized quality hospice care to meet the unique needs of patients with a limited life expectancy. The primary goal of First Call Hospice is to enhance the quality of life when the quantity of life is limited. When you join First Call Hospice Team, we will Offer an extensive orientation, tailored to your needs Pay 100% of full time Employee Medical Benefits, and offer a number of different benefits including dental, vision, and life insurance Have 401K available to all full-time employees with profit sharing First Call Hospice is growing and looking for experienced, compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team! Coverage Area: Greater Sacramento Area including Roseville, Davis, Elk Grove, and El Dorado Hills JOB SUMMARY The registered nurse case manager plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.
Requirements
- Active CA RN License
- Ability for prolonged or considerable walking or standing
- Ability to lift, position, and/or transfer patients
- Ability to lift supplies and equipment.
- Ability for considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and/or crouching.
- Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills
- Maintains a current CPR certification
Nice To Haves
- Hospice experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs.
- Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
- Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.
- Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by:
- Writing and initiating plan of care
- Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs
- Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary
- Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
- Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions.
- Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.
- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
- Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
- Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.
- Acts as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
Benefits
- Offer an extensive orientation, tailored to your needs
- Pay 100% of full time Employee Medical Benefits, and offer a number of different benefits including dental, vision, and life insurance
- Have 401K available to all full-time employees with profit sharing
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
