Registered Nurse Case Manager, Home Health
About The Position
VNA Health is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse Case Manager to provide personalized, high-quality nursing care to patients in their homes throughout the Santa Barbara area. The role is part of VNA Health's Home Health team and offers independence, autonomy, professional growth, and clinical decision-making in collaboration with an interdisciplinary care team. This full-time position is scheduled for 40 hours per week, with monthly rotating weekend shifts. Scheduling may include weekdays, weekends, and holidays based on organizational needs. Compensation is $58–$62 per hour.
Requirements
- Current and active California RN license.
- Minimum of one year of acute-care experience.
- Current CPR certification.
- Licensed driver with an insured automobile, in accordance with state and/or organization requirements.
- Excellent observation, verbal and written communication, problem-solving, and basic math skills.
- Nursing skills in accordance with the competency checklist.
- Ability to lift 50 lbs and push or pull 50 lbs.
- Ability to stoop, bend, and squat; walk up one flight of stairs and one mile; and sit for at least one hour.
- Visual and audio acuity.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree.
- One year of recent home health experience.
Responsibilities
- Continuously review all aspects of each assigned patient’s care, including service utilization, continued skilled need, homebound status, medical-record documentation, interdisciplinary communication, and discharge planning.
- Complete initial assessments of patients and families to determine home-care needs, conduct physical assessments and illness histories, and admit patients to an appropriate level of service or care.
- Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Initiate and revise plans of care as patient status and needs change.
- Develop care plans with goals based on nursing diagnoses and therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions, including patients and families in the planning process.
- Initiate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
- Regularly reevaluate patients’ nursing needs.
- Counsel patients and families regarding nursing and related needs.
- Supervise home health aides and LVNs.
- Apply knowledge of state, federal, local, and accreditation regulations related to home health services.
Benefits
- Employer-sponsored insurance premiums, including dental, vision, basic life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual beginning on the first day of employment.
- Annual wellness benefit reimbursement for fitness and wellness expenses.
- Financial wellness program with a matching 403(b) retirement plan.
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Public transportation reimbursement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
