RN Case Managers

Scotland Memorial Hospital•Laurinburg, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Scotland Memorial Hospital - Hospice is seeking a full-time RN Case Manager to provide nursing services under the direction of the Director of Clinical Operations. This role involves ongoing assessments of patients and their needs, in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, Hospice policies and procedures, and other applicable standards. The RN Case Manager will make regular home visits, assist in providing 24-hour on-call services, perform prescribed treatments, conduct physician consults, and develop and implement nursing plans of care with an emphasis on symptom management, comfort care, and patient/family education. The position also involves working with an interdisciplinary team to develop individualized plans of care, maintaining updated patient records, and participating in professional development.

Requirements

Licensed as a Registered Nurse
1 Or More Years In Hospice Or Home Health

Responsibilities

Provides nursing services, including ongoing assessments of patients and their needs, in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, Hospice policies and procedures, and other applicable standards.
Makes regular home visits on assigned patients.
Assists in providing 24-hour on-call services, as scheduled.
Performs prescribed treatments and procedures in compliance with the established guidelines of the NC Nurse Practice Act.
Conducts physician consults, as needed, to obtain orders, provide patient updates, and review the plan of care.
Assists in performing initial and on-going nursing assessments of patient/family needs.
Develops and implements the nursing plan of care, with appropriate updates, providing hospice nursing services with emphasis on identifying the patient/family’s physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs, addressing symptom management and comfort care needs, providing teaching and education to the patient/family, documenting problems, appropriate goals, interventions and the patient/family response to care, and assisting with the coordination of services.
Works with the Director of Clinical Operations and other interdisciplinary team members in developing an individualized Plan of Care for assigned patients.
Interacts as a member of the IDT by communicating with other team members, timely reporting of status changes in patients, and regular attendance and participation in staff and team meetings.
Assists in keeping patient/family records updated and provides timely/accurate documentation of all services rendered.
Assumes responsibility for professional development by attending workshops, in-service education programs and mandatory education events, whenever possible.