LHC Group-posted 8 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
Tupelo, MS
Ambulatory Health Care Services

We are hiring for an RN Case Manager in Hospice At Community Hospice in Tupelo, MS, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here. As a Hospice RN, you can expect: the ability to develop trusting relationships as an end-of-life care expert, being valued and respected by patients and their families, employee-focused wellness and support programs, and incredible team support and empathetic leadership. Take your nursing career to a new level of caring.

  • Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services during visit within forty-eight (48) hours of referral.
  • Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
  • Initiates and coordinates the plan of care.
  • Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.
  • Collaborates with the patient/family, attending physician and other members of the IDG in providing patient and family care daily.
  • Instructs and supervises the patient/family in self-care techniques when appropriate.
  • Maintains accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition.
  • Reports patient condition and any identified needs/issues to supervisor daily.
  • Supervises and evaluates the home health aides/homemaker's ability to perform assigned duties every 14 days.
  • Performs supervisory aide visits to the patient's residence every 14 days to assess whether goals are being met.
  • Performs supervisory visits with the aide present per state regulations.
  • Completes all required hospice assigned modules on-line on a monthly basis.
  • Participates in daily nursing report on patients to supervisor and provides all necessary documentation.
  • Performs 60 or 90 day record review for recertifications as appropriate.
  • Follows processes and regulations for admissions and recertification of hospice patients and reviews findings with supervisor.
  • Participates in Interdisciplinary Group Meeting (IDG) regarding patient care every 14 days.
  • Participates in the QAPI plan and process on a daily basis identifying any problems to Administrator.
  • Compliance with procedures and processes of ordering/obtaining medications ordered by the physician and included in the patients plan of care.
  • Assures compliance when possible of medication regime within the specified formulary.
  • Maintains up-to-date personnel file.
  • Performs LPN Supervisory visits as assigned by supervisor and in accordance with state regulations.
  • May fill-in as alternate if Executive Director/Director of Clinical Operations/Patient Care Manager is unavailable.
  • Participates in on-call rotation.
  • Current RN licensure in the state of practice and one year of clinical experience.
  • Current CPR Certification.
  • Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.
  • One year of clinical experience.
  • Experience with terminally ill patients required in Virginia.
  • Two years of full-time clinical experience in hospice care as a licensed practical nurse may be substituted for the required two years of experience as a registered nurse in Louisiana.
  • Three (3) years full-time clinical experience in a healthcare setting as an LPN may be substituted for the one year full-time experience as an RN in Mississippi.
  • Employee-focused wellness and support programs.
  • Incredible team support and empathetic leadership.
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