RN Case Manager Hospice

We are hiring for an RN Case Manager in Hospice

At Deaconess Hospice, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust. We enjoy 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.

As a Hospice RN, you can expect:

• To develop trusting relationships as an end-of-life care expert.
• To be valued and respected by patients and their families.
• Employee-focused wellness and support programs.
• Incredible team support and empathetic leadership.

Taking your nursing career to a new level of caring.

RN Case Manager Responsibilities:

You will assume full nursing responsibility for delivering the Plan of Care for each hospice patient, continuously evaluating personal and professional performance and making necessary changes to increase productivity and quality of care delivered.

• Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services within forty-eight hours of referral.
• Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed, no less than every fifteen days.
• Initiates and coordinates the plan of care while maintaining accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition.
• 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.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Instructing and supervising the patient/family in self-care techniques when appropriate.
• Maintaining accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition.
• Reporting patient condition and any identified needs/issues to supervisor daily.
• Supervising and evaluating 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.
• Completing all required hospice assigned modules on-line on a monthly basis.
• Participating in daily nursing report on patients to supervisor and provides all necessary documentation.
• Performing 60 or 90 day record review for recertifications as appropriate.
• Following processes and regulations for admissions and recertification of hospice patients and reviews findings with supervisor.
• Participating in Interdisciplinary Group Meeting (IDG) regarding patient care every 14 days.
• Compliance with procedures and processes of ordering/obtaining medications ordered by the physician and included in the patients plan of care.
• Assuring compliance when possible of medication regime within the specified formulary.
• Maintaining up-to-date personnel file.
• Performing 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.

Experience Requirements:

• One year of clinical experience.

License Requirements:

• 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.

State Specific Requirements:

• LA: A minimum two years full-time experience working as an RN.
• MS: At least one year full-time experience as an RN.
• VA: Experience with terminally ill required.
• AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, WA, WV: No additional state specific requirements.