RN Case Manager (Facility team)

Empath Health•Palm Harbor, FL

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Suncoast Hospice, a member of Empath Health, is seeking an RN Case Manager for its facility team. The position provides direct patient care in facilities in North Pinellas County and works Monday through Friday during daytime hours. The RN Case Manager builds relationships with patients and families and guides them through their hospice journey with compassion, expertise, and dignity. The role includes assessing patients’ physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs; coordinating and evaluating individualized plans of care; collaborating with families, the interdisciplinary team, physicians, and partner facilities; and supervising care provided by LPNs and Home Health Aides. The RN also administers and monitors medications, provides patient and family education, and supports families after a patient’s death. Empath Health is a not-for-profit healthcare organization providing Full Life Care through a connected network of services across Florida. Full Life Care addresses the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—with empathy and dignity.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school, at least one year of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Valid Florida Registered Nurse license.
Valid Florida State Driver’s License.
For field-based work, reliable transportation to perform tasks and responsibilities in a timely and appropriate manner.
Provide proof of valid automobile insurance; a copy will be placed in the employee’s HR file.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience in an acute or post-acute care setting preferred.
Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.

Responsibilities

Obtain patient history and perform age-specific physical, psychosocial, and spiritual assessments; initiate appropriate referrals, interventions, and collaboration with the patient, family, interdisciplinary team, physician, and partnering facility as applicable.
Provide continuity of care and care coordination; identify patient and family goals; develop a Plan of Care with the patient, family, interdisciplinary team, attending and other physicians, and partnering facility; and evaluate progress toward goals.
Update the Plan of Care according to policy and guidelines and as patient needs change.
After a patient’s death, assist with closure contact and support in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Direct and supervise care provided by LPNs and Home Health Aides in accordance with agency policy.
Evaluate Home Health Aide services every two weeks and conduct periodic on-site supervisory visits.
Administer, monitor, and document medications as prescribed by the attending physician.
Use age-specific care practices and provide appropriate patient and family teaching.