Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager

Help at Home•Augusta, GA

About The Position

Help At Home is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager to provide home-based nursing and case management services to clients in the Augusta, Georgia territory. The role supports clients in living independently, safely, and with dignity in their homes. The nurse evaluates and reassesses patient needs, initiates and updates plans of care, coordinates services, documents care, and communicates with patients, families, physicians, and other personnel. The position includes regular weekly travel throughout the territory and assigned on-call duties at night, on weekends, and on holidays. The listed annual pay is $85,000.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing school.
One year of clinical nursing experience.
Active Georgia RN license.
Experience working with medically fragile clients and addressing medical, social, and behavioral components of care.
Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.
Ability to work independently and leverage community resources to benefit clients.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
Energetic team player with a positive attitude and curious mindset.
Regular weekly travel throughout the Augusta, Georgia territory.

Responsibilities

Provide services in accordance with the plan of care.
Conduct initial evaluation visits and regularly reevaluate patients’ nursing needs.
Initiate plans of care and necessary revisions.
Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
Prepare clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and timely summaries of care conferences, according to agency policy.
Coordinate services.
Inform personnel of changes in patients’ conditions and needs.
Counsel patients and their families or significant others on nursing and related needs.
Process orders and notify physicians of patient needs and changes in condition.
Complete certification and recertification orders and discharge summaries.
Determine the amount and type of nursing needed by each patient.
Supervise and teach other nursing personnel.
Conduct patient care conferences for assigned patients.
Participate in peer review and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement as assigned.
Provide total patient care as needed.
Take assigned on-call duty nights, weekends, and holidays.
Complete and submit OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges, and significant-change-in-condition documentation within agency-defined time frames.
Use ICD-10 codes appropriately.
Perform other related duties as assigned.