Hospice RN Case Manager - Home team

Empath Health•Palm Harbor, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Suncoast Hospice, a member of Empath Health, is seeking an RN Case Manager for its home team. The position provides direct patient care in private homes across 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 the hospice journey with compassion, expertise, and dignity. The role includes assessing patients’ physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs; coordinating care with patients, families, the interdisciplinary team, physicians, and partnering facilities; and developing and updating plans of care. The RN Case Manager supervises LPNs and Home Health Aides, administers and monitors prescribed medications, provides patient and family education, and supports families following a patient’s death.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least one year of related experience and/or training.
Valid Florida Registered Nurse license.
Valid Florida State Driver’s License.
For field-based positions, reliable transportation to perform duties in a timely and appropriate manner.
Proof of valid automobile insurance.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Obtain patient histories and perform age-specific physical, psychosocial, and spiritual assessments.
Initiate appropriate referrals, interventions, and collaboration among patients, families, the interdisciplinary team, physicians, and partnering facilities, following policy and practice guidelines.
Provide continuity of care and coordinate services.
Identify patient and family goals and develop a Plan of Care with the patient, family, interdisciplinary team, attending provider, physician, and partnering facility as applicable.
Evaluate progress toward care goals and update the Plan of Care according to policy and guidelines and as needs change.
Assist with closure contact and support following a patient’s death 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 education.