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 and ability to make appropriate nursing judgments.
• Ability to identify situations and handle them with an appropriate solution.
• 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.

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 plans as patient needs change.
• Administer medications as prescribed by the physician.
• Help reduce re-hospitalizations by front-loading visits for high-risk patients and teaching patients preventative 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; listen to patients and family members and involve them in developing the plan of care.
• Oversee and supervise care provided by nurse aides and LPNs, evaluate treatments and medical conditions against the plan of care, and determine whether the level of care meets patient needs.
• Communicate supervisory visit results to LPNs and nurse aides.
• Complete accurate clinical documentation in accordance with agency protocol and Medicare and federal guidelines, documenting treatment, 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 all on-call requirements and case conferences.
• Attend in-service trainings and mandatory agency meetings.
• Drive to patients’ primary locations for scheduled visits and fulfill RN visits in the assigned geographic area according to patient need and federal and state specifications.
• Perform other duties as assigned.