RN Case Manager - Hospice - FT

Sanford Health•Worthington, MN

3d•$37 - $51•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. This role is within Sanford Hospice, where the focus is on supporting patients and their loved ones with compassion and understanding. The RN Case Manager provides care to assigned patients in a caring, safe, and efficient manner, demonstrating leadership to staff and adhering to location standards, procedures, and individualized patient plans of care. The position involves evaluating outcomes, understanding the unit of care (family and patient), and possessing knowledge of hospice palliative care, hospice philosophy, and scope of services. The role requires recognizing cultural attitudes towards death and dying, identifying the five stages of grieving, and explaining advanced directives, clinical requirements, and interdisciplinary services. The nurse utilizes independent judgment in healthcare integration, participates in the creation and implementation of the plan of care with the interdisciplinary group, and applies age-specific care methodologies for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Responsibilities include interviewing potential residents, assessing residents in compliance with regulations, establishing and evaluating service plans, and communicating effectively with patients, families, and the healthcare team. The role demands independence, assertiveness, critical thinking, clear documentation, problem-solving skills, self-motivation, and the ability to work with minimal direction. It also requires incorporating teaching/learning principles, adapting teaching to age groups, facilitating groups, implementing projects, establishing priorities, and demonstrating flexibility and organizational skills. Knowledge of reimbursement for services is essential. The position may involve exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous materials, and potential injury. The role is subject to multiple sensory and environmental stressors.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited nursing program, including, but not limited to, those accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), or National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
Minimum of two years’ clinical experience preferred.
Currently holds an unencu m b ered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides care to assigned patients in a caring, safe, and efficient manner.
Provides leadership to staff.
Evaluates outcomes based on an integration among established clinical, financial and utilization data.
Defines the unit of care (family and patient).
Demonstrates knowledge of hospice palliative care, hospice philosophy, and scope of services.
Recognizes different cultural attitudes and values towards death and dying.
Identifies the five stages of grieving process.
Explains advanced directives, clinical requirements, and interdisciplinary services available.
Utilizes independent nursing judgment when integrating health care.
Participates in creation of the plan of care and ensures the plan of care is implemented by the interdisciplinary group.
Has knowledge of and utilizes appropriate age-specific structured care methodologies, such as protocols/integrated clinical pathways/guidelines/standards of care relating to the overall health care needs of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and/or geriatric patients/residents.
Interviews potential residents and assesses residents in compliance with regulations, policy and procedure.
Uses assessment information for admission and continued stay in the hospice community.
Establishes a service plan for each resident and evaluates on an on-going basis.
Communicates with patients/residents, family members and others on the health care team.
Demonstrates independence, assertiveness and critical thinking when working with patients and co-workers.
Documents clearly.
Solves problems.
Incorporates teaching/learning principles and adapts teaching to age group.
Facilitates groups and implements projects when necessary.
Establishes priorities, has strong flexibility and organizational skills.
Is knowledgeable about reimbursement for services provided.
Will be required to work primarily day hours, scheduled weekends, and occasional evenings.
May be exposed to communicable or infectious disease, hazardous materials and injury from performance of assigned duties.
Is subject to multiple sensory and environmental stressors.