Rn Case Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• At least one year of experience as an RN in an acute care setting.
• Current Registered Nurse license in the state of employment.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance listing the employee as a driver.
• Ability to communicate effectively and create positive impressions with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers.
• Ability to remain calm, patient, and accommodating.
• Compassionate and caring approach when working with patients.
• Knowledge of nursing best practices.
• Ability to make appropriate nursing judgments and identify situations and select suitable solutions.
• Detail-oriented and observant.
• Disciplined work ethic, with the ability to prioritize and be timely.
• Ability to follow directions and work as a team member.
• Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, with or without reasonable accommodation, including occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Home care experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the patient’s care throughout the episode.
• Update physician orders in the patient chart and notify the physician of significant changes in the patient’s condition.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care as applicable.
• Provide skilled nursing care in patients’ homes as ordered by the attending physician.
• Observe and monitor patient conditions.
• Perform OASIS assessments, develop individualized plans of care, and adjust them as patient needs change.
• Administer medications as prescribed by the physician.
• Help reduce rehospitalizations by front-loading visits for high-risk patients and teaching patients preventive measures and sound decision-making.
• Promote continuity of care through appropriate admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Counsel patients and families about disease or injury processes and how to manage them.
• Involve patients and families in developing the plan of care and listen to their concerns.
• Oversee and supervise care provided by nurse aides and LPNs.
• Evaluate treatments and the patient’s medical condition against the plan of care and determine whether the level of care meets the patient’s needs.
• Communicate supervisory visit results to LPNs and nurse aides.
• Complete clinical documentation in accordance with agency protocol and Medicare and federal guidelines, documenting treatments, assessments, and patient education.
• Document start-of-care, subsequent, discharge, evaluation, recertification, and resumption-of-care visits within 24 hours, and submit required documentation within company timelines.
• Maintain an active RN license and follow the plan of care within the RN scope of practice.
• Communicate schedule changes outside the normal schedule to the scheduler.
• Participate in on-call requirements and case conferences.
• Attend in-service trainings and mandatory agency meetings.
• Drive to assigned patient locations and complete RN visits in the assigned geographic area according to patient needs and federal and state requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.