Registered Nurse - Home Health Case Manager (Sugar Grove, Yorkville and surrounding)

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Oak Brook, IL

12d•Remote

About The Position

This is a full-time Registered Nurse position focused on Home Health Case Management. The territory covers Sugar Grove, Yorkville, Plano, Bristol, Big Rock, and surrounding areas. The role involves developing and maintaining therapeutic relationships, providing individualized care, assessing patient and family needs, and mobilizing resources to ensure quality, cost-effective care. The position requires adapting practice to evidence-based standards, participating in quality improvement initiatives, and educating patients, families, staff, and peers. The nurse will utilize the nursing process for problem-solving, making sound clinical decisions, prioritizing care, and initiating referrals and discharge planning. Leadership, collaboration, and professional development are also key aspects of this role, including contributing to unit meetings and enhancing personal knowledge and skills. The role requires travel within the Advocate service area in all weather conditions and involves visiting private residences which may present accessibility challenges. The position is eligible for a sign-on bonus for external candidates.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
Earn 10 continuing education credits annually
One year of medical surgical experience
Has as demonstrated proficiency for the requirements for RN role
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Good documentation skills.
Computer skills
Good time management and organizational skills
Familiarity with patient care equipment
Current Illinois RN license
Current CPR

Nice To Haves

Has demonstrated proficiency for the requirements for RN role
Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts in order to accommodate staffing
Ability to take “on call” assignments.
Ability to handle multiple tasks and complete work within short timeframes.
Ability to transport objects, patients, and equipment
Ability to respond quickly to patient needs and work at fast pace
Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick
Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients
Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas of the unit
Ability to lift up to 100 pounds occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds frequently and/or in excess of 20 pounds constantly
Must be able to travel to all areas within the Advocate service area in all extremes of weather on all types of roads.
Exposed to widely varying social and environmental conditions in patient’s neighborhoods and homes.
Must be willing to work occasional overtime if needed.
Required to make visits to private residences which may not be accessible to people with disabilities.
Must be able to assist with ambulation including turning and transferring patients up to 200 pounds
Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available.
Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum.
Demonstrates adaptive communication styles based on individual patient needs.
Provides individualized care to promote physical and psychosocial comfort.
Assesses patient and family readiness and involves them in planning and implementing care.
Seeks consultation as needed.
Incorporates an individualized, holistic approach in the plan of care.
Facilitates the patient and family’s right to receive quality, cost effective care.
Mobilizes appropriate resources in response to situations that have the potential to negatively impact patient and family outcomes.
Adapts practice to the latest standards according to evidence-based literature.
Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives.
Participates in efforts to reduce risk and improve patient safety.
Meets regulatory and mandatory requirements on the unit.
Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families.
Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes.
Assists in creating an environment that promotes educational growth opportunities for nursing peers and colleagues.
Assesses patient and family readiness to learn, and modifies approach as necessary.
Seeks out opportunities to enhance knowledge, skill, and competence of department members.
Demonstrates the use of nursing process as a problem-solving model.
Recognizes changes in clinical situations.
Evaluates and implements changes to the plan of care.
Consistently makes sound clinical decisions, demonstrating the ability to care for patients with complex problems.
Prioritizes and organizes patient care and ensures follow through with planned care.
Initiates referrals and discharge planning for assigned patients and actively coordinates utilizing the interdisciplinary approach.
Applies ethical decision making.
Monitors for confidentiality and assures appropriate business conduct.
Delegates correctly to unlicensed assistive personnel.
Seeks resources for disruptive behavior that impedes care delivery.
Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care.
Demonstrates leadership behaviors and is committed to the development of self and others.
Participates in unit meetings and activities that improve patient care or administrative systems.
Utilizes available resources to maintain current knowledge base relevant to practice.
Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills, promoting collaboration among healthcare team members.
Demonstrates ability to critique own nursing practice and achieves required certifications or Bachelor’s Degree.
Earns a minimum of 10 contact hours per year.

Benefits

Sign on Bonus eligible (external candidates)
Competitive Pay
Incentive Pay Eligible
Referral Bonus Programs
Student Loan Support
Tuition Assistance Available
Mileage reimbursement
Paid Time Off programs
Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program