RN Case Manager - Oswego County Skilled Nursing Home Visits

HCR Home Care•Henrietta, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Case Manager will administer skilled nursing care to patients requiring professional nursing service. Teach and supervise the family and other members of the nursing team. Perform these services in accordance with the physician’s orders. This role is primarily in a non-office setting and may involve exposure to outdoor conditions. The working conditions are classified as medium work, involving exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Medium work involves sitting and standing.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Nursing required.
Current, valid RN license issued by NYS Department of Education required.
Minimum one year home care experience
Knowledge of State and Federal regulations, payer guidelines
Excellent communication and critical thinking skills.
Flexible and organized.
Ability and desire to serve as a role model.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide and coordinate quality patient care, maintain a full caseload, maintain productivity goals with consideration of case mix, and accurate, timely documentation.
Manage each patient’s care as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, to achieve positive patient outcomes regardless of payer.
Responsible for the overall plan of care and the outcome of that care, including care delivered by other nursing staff (LPN, HHA) who must be directed and supervised by the RN Case Manager.
Conduct admission and manage care of patient to the agency by obtaining a medical history, conducting a physical examination, evaluating the patient/family/home situation, evaluating the patient's environment, evaluating the patient's condition and home situation to determine if the services of a home health aide will be required, interpreting nursing and other services of the agency to patients and families, meeting regulatory requirements and having a comprehensive understanding of various insurances, practicing accepted nursing standards with regards to infection control, and developing and implementing the nursing care plan.
Provide skilled nursing care as outlined in the nursing care plan to include skilled nursing services, treatments and preventive procedures ordered by the physician, initiating preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures as appropriate for the patient’s care and safety, observing signs and symptoms and reporting to the physician reactions to treatments, including drugs and changes in the patient’s physical or emotional condition, and teaching, supervising, and counseling the patient and caregivers regarding the nursing care needs and other related problems of the patient at home.
Oversee the care given by Home Health Aides to assigned patients by supervising and evaluating the care given by the Home Health Aide.
Apply documentation according to standards of nursing practice.
Utilize computer skills for accurate documentation.
Document those services rendered to the patient, note changes in the patient’s condition and/or family and home situation, make revisions in the nursing care plan as needed, record supervisory visits conducted with the Home Health Aide, evaluate patient care and progress and close charts of discharged patients.
Other duties as assigned.