What are the responsibilities and job description for the Part-Time RN Case Manager position at Compass Regional Hospice?
Compass is a non‐profit organization providing Hospice Care, Palliative Care, and Grief Support Services in Queen Anne’s, Kent, and Caroline Counties.
We would like to invite you to consider joining our team. While we feel that working in this industry is a calling and we know that it is not something that everyone will consider, we invite you, if you feel led, to review the opening below.
When you accept a position with Compass you are fulfilling a role that is much larger than any one person. Our positions are designed to support one another to allow us to focus on what matters the most – providing excellent care to our patients and their family during a most sacred time.
Part-Time RN Case Manager
The hospice nurse is responsible for identifying patient/family needs and for providing supportive care in accordance with the attending physician’s orders and plan of care. The Hospice Nurse may function as a visiting Nurse or Case Manager.
In this role, your responsibilities will include:
Applicable to Case Manager
- Assume primary responsibility for a patient/family caseload that includes the assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating phases of the nursing process.
Applicable to Case Manager and Visiting Nurse
- Initiate communication with attending physicians, other hospice staff members and other agencies as needed to coordinate optimal care and use of resources for the patient/family.
- Maintain regular communication with the Clinical Manager-Homecare to review caseload.
- Maintain regular communication with the attending physician concerning patient/family status.
- Obtain data on physical, psychological, social and spiritual factors that may influence patient/family health status and incorporate data into the plan of care.
- Maintain up-to-date patient records so that problems, plans, actions, and goals are accurately and clearly stated, and changes are reflected as they occur.
- Accept responsibility for coordinating physical care of the patient by teaching primary caregivers, volunteers, and employed caregivers or by providing direct care as appropriate.
- Meet regularly with hospice clinical staff to review problems or unique issues from caseloads, share professional support, and exchange feedback aimed toward enhancing professional growth.
- Attends patient conference and facilitate discussion of issues from case load for full staff discussion, consultation, and evaluation.
- Supervise and update the health aide plan of care every two weeks or more frequently as needed.
- Inform the Clinical Manager-Homecare of unusual or potentially problematic patient/family issues.
- Responds to patients/families of other hospice nurses during on-call times, or as requested by the Clinical Manager-Homecare to meet patient/family needs during the absence of other hospice nurses.
- Provide appropriate support at time of death and period of bereavement.
- Takes responsibility and accountability for own nursing practice, continuing education, and professional development.
- Promotes involvement of the patient/family in the plan of care with emphasis placed on pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual support.
Minimum Qualifications
- Registered Nurse from an accredited college or university.
- Possession of a current license to practice as a registered professional nurse in the State of Maryland.2-3 years of varied work experience as a professional nurse, hospice experience preferred.1-2 years’ experience working in an acute care setting. (A new registered nurse may be accepted for employment upon agreement to participate and completion of CRH’s Preceptor Program, an intensive orientation program.)
- Skilled in nursing practice, able to cope with family emotional stress and tolerant of individual lifestyles,
- Dependent on work experience/training, may be designated to perform assessments for pediatrics, obstetrics, psychiatrics, etc.
Work Scheduling:
- This position can be rotating or every Saturday and Sunday - 8-hour shifts 8am to 4:30pm (with a 30-minute lunch break)
FLSA Status:
This position is classified as non-exempt in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
