RN Case Manager - Hospice - Every Weekend - Riverside
About The Position
The registered nurse plans, organizes, and directs home care services, drawing on nursing experience and community health education to plan and direct services for individuals and families in their homes and communities. This is a weekend role scheduled every Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. PST. The nurse assesses patients and families, develops and updates individualized plans of care, provides nursing procedures, medications, treatments, counseling, and health instructions, and coordinates care with physicians and community health professionals. When assigned as Case Manager, the nurse coordinates care for an assigned caseload. The position also includes on-call participation, arranging needed equipment and services, and supervising and evaluating home health aide care.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- At least two years of licensed experience in California.
- Current state licensure and CPR certification.
- Excellent observation, verbal and written communication, problem-solving, and basic math skills; nursing skills consistent with the competency checklist.
- Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including prolonged walking or standing, lifting, positioning or transferring patients, lifting supplies and equipment, and reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching.
- Visual acuity and hearing sufficient to perform required nursing skills.
- Valid California Driver’s License and an automobile in good working order, insured in accordance with organizational requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree.
- One year of home health care experience.
Responsibilities
- Complete initial assessments of patients and families, including physical assessments and histories of current and previous illnesses.
- Regularly reevaluate patients’ nursing needs.
- Initiate and revise plans of care as patient status and needs change.
- Use assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Develop care plans with goals and therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions, involving patients and families in planning.
- Initiate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures; administer prescribed medications and treatments and provide direct patient care consistent with the State Nurse Practice Act.
- Counsel patients and families about nursing and related needs.
- Provide health care instructions according to assessments and plans of care.
- Identify discharge-planning needs and implement them before patient discharge.
- When assigned, act as Case Manager and coordinate care for an assigned caseload.
- Prepare clinical notes and update the primary physician when necessary and at least every 60 days.
- Communicate patient needs and changes in condition to physicians and obtain or receive orders as required.
- Communicate with community health-related professionals to coordinate care plans.
- Participate in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
- Ensure arrangements are made for equipment and other necessary items and services.
- Instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care every two weeks.
- Follow company attendance and reliability guidelines to support consistent patient care.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
