RN - Case Manager

Description

Come work in an environment that will make you glad you're a health care professional! 

Use your nursing skills to provide high quality home care to terminally ill patients. Rainbow Community Care is currently accepting applications for a full-time RN Case Manager for home hospice. This position is primarily day shift, but also includes a required on-call, weekend, and holiday rotation. The RN Case Manager provides skilled nursing care to patients in their homes and administers medications and treatments.  

Essential Duties include, but are not limited to: 

• Develops and supervises the planning, coordination, and delivery of patient/family care. 

• Implements physician orders and maintains communication with patient’s primary care physician. 

• Educates family members on patient care skills, meds, treatments, use of equipment, and on signs and symptoms of the dying and grieving process. 

• Maintains communication with interdisciplinary team members through participation in bi-weekly meetings. 

• Visually observes and interprets changes in behavior and psychological and physiological status of patient for ongoing assessment.  

• Develops nursing diagnosis and individualized care plans for each patient and modifies care plan based on ongoing assessment of patient condition. 

• Documents medication given, care given, patient condition, assessment, and patient diagnosis on patient chart. 

• Completes documentation in a timely manner and maintains integrity of the patient chart. 

• Attends trainings and staff meetings as required. 

Professional Qualifications 

• Wisconsin Nursing license is required.  

• Leadership and/or case management experience preferred. 

• Hospice, home health, ER, Oncology, and/or palliative care experience is preferred.  

• Valid driver’s license and current auto insurance is required and must be maintained. 

Personal Qualifications 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills required. 

• Ability to maintain patient confidentiality. 

• Ability to direct and apply problem-solving techniques in resolving issues. 

• Ability to drive to and from patients’ homes and to meetings at other locations as necessary. 

• Ability to maintain healthy boundaries and maintain positive relationships. 

• Ability to be self-directed and handle stressful and emergency situations. 

Rainbow Community Care offers an excellent Benefit Package! 

This just may be the career that you’ve been looking for! 

Rainbow Community Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.