LHC Group-posted 6 days ago
$75,000 - $80,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Lake Charles, LA
5,001-10,000 employees

We are hiring for a Registered Nurse Case Manager. At Heart of Hospice , we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here. As a Hospice RN, you can expect: the ability to develop trusting relationships as an end-of-life care expert being valued and respected by patients and their families employee-focused wellness and support programs incredible team support and empathetic leadership Take your nursing career to a new level of caring.

  • Assumes full nursing responsibility for the delivery of the Plan of Care for each hospice patient.
  • Continuously evaluates personal and professional performance and makes necessary changes to increase productivity and quality of care delivered.
  • Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services during visit within forty-eight (48) hours of referral.
  • Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
  • Initiates and coordinates the plan of care.
  • Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.
  • Collaborates with the patient/family, attending physician and other members of the IDG in providing patient and family care daily.
  • Instructs and supervises the patient/family in self-care techniques when appropriate.
  • Maintains accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition.
  • One year of clinical experience.
  • Current RN licensure in the state of practice and one year of clinical experience.
  • Current CPR Certification.
  • Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.
  • LA: a minimum two years full time experience working as an RN. However, two years of full time clinical experience in hospice care as a licensed practical nurse may be substituted for the required two years of experience as a registered nurse.
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