RN - Case Manager Home Health (Champaign Region)

Carle Health • Champaign, IL

6h

About The Position

The Home Care Field RN is a professional caregiver and member of an interdisciplinary team providing skilled home care nursing visits to patients of all ages across Champaign, Vermilion, Edgar, Iroquois, Ford, Coles, Douglas, Piatt, Moultrie, and Macon counties. The RN works independently and collaboratively with team members including LPNs, home health aides, physical and occupational therapists and assistants, social workers, and speech-language pathologists.

The role coordinates and provides direct and indirect patient care using the nursing process to address patients’ and families’ physical, psychosocial, environmental, and spiritual needs. Care may include complex wound care, central-line monitoring, infusion-related services, and management of catheters, tubes, drains, and tracheostomies. The RN also monitors health conditions and provides education to promote patient independence and wellness.

The position offers a supportive team environment with 24/7 clinical backup, flexible scheduling and autonomy, competitive pay, mileage reimbursement, and the opportunity to build meaningful relationships. A sign-on bonus is available: $7,500 for candidates with more than one year of experience and a $2,500 relocation bonus for candidates relocating more than 50 miles; bonuses are for external candidates only.

Requirements

• Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) in Illinois through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
• College nursing education.
• One year of nursing work experience.
• Proof of auto insurance.
• Illinois driver’s license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days.

Responsibilities

• Understand Medicare Home Care benefits, including covered services, recertifications, transfers, and non-recertifications, and follow regulatory documentation standards.
• Perform case management activities, including assessment, coordination, planning, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation.
• Interact with patients, caregivers, and families to assess needs, plan care, arrange services, monitor progress, and provide support and education.
• Complete admission documentation within policy guidelines and return complete admission documents to the office promptly.
• Complete required OASIS/485 changes within 24 hours of receiving them.
• Complete and transmit visit notes and records of telephone conversations in a timely manner, including physician orders and admission, routine, supervisory, telephone, and discharge notes.
• Ensure physician orders are written, corrected, and transmitted according to required timelines; review verbal orders with the physician’s office using read-back and transmit them within policy time frames.
• Ensure patient visit strings are added to records so visits are not missed and that the proper acronym appears on physician orders.
• Complete Home Health Aide supervisory visits.
• Coordinate the healthcare team to maintain appropriate linkages across the continuum of care.
• Communicate collaboratively and initiate case conferences as needed; document interactions with other disciplines, physicians, care coordinators, insurers, and others.
• Provide care according to the plan of care and orders in a manner sensitive to the needs of patients and families.
• Direct the activities of licensed practical nurses.
• Make home health aide assignments, prepare written instructions, and supervise aides in patients’ homes.
• Perform OASIS assessments for admissions, recertifications, resumptions, and discharges.
• Perform complex wound care, including wound vac care, packing, and removal of staples or sutures.
• Monitor central lines, including PICC and Hickman catheters, and perform dressing changes according to agency protocol.
• Access mediports for IV infusion and/or blood draws and flushes according to agency protocol.
• Manage the assigned patient caseload and communicate patient updates and condition changes to physicians by phone or electronically.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of $7,500 for external candidates with more than one year of experience.
• Relocation bonus of $2,500 for external candidates relocating more than 50 miles.
• 24/7 clinical backup.
• Flexible scheduling and autonomy.
• Competitive pay.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level