RN Case Manager (Home Care or Facility Teams)

Job Description

Description

The RN (Registered Nurse) Case Manager provides case management and nursing services to Hudson Valley Hospice patients and their families and to ensure that those services are consistent with the philosophy, goals, objectives and policies of the Agency. Register Nurse (RN) Case Managers work in various settings : Nursing Homes, Home Care and In-Patient (throughout various hospitals). As an RN Case Manager, you are assigned to a specific team to work within; Home Care, Nursing Home or In-Patient. Each RN Case Manager provides pain and symptom management, recommendations and collaborates with the other Interdisciplinary Team members.

Essential Functions

• Perform initial and ongoing patient / family, physical, emotional, psycho-social, cultural and spiritual assessments to ensure and coordinate the delivery of comprehensive, holistic services by the Interdisciplinary Hospice Team.
• Provide palliative nursing care and symptom control in accordance with physician orders and IDG plan of care.
• Documents and enters into EMR all interventions of phone and home visits within 24 hours of the intervention. Medication changes will be entered by the end of the shift.
• Develop and prioritize the interdisciplinary care plan goals of the patient / family, hospice team and attending physician, prior to team meetings.
• Update the care plan a minimum of every 14 days.
• Document and computer entry of all interventions of phone and home visits within 24 hours of the intervention.
• Provide anticipatory guidance to the patient / family to assist in preparing for coping with events as they occur.
• Teach, supervise and counsel patients / families / care givers regarding physical care, observing return demonstration of procedures as appropriate.
• Effectively communicates patient status to family members and or caregivers.
• Revises nursing diagnosis, goals and interventions, expected outcomes, and plan of care based on assessment of data and input of patients and family members prior to the IDG meeting.
• Provide Coordinator or DPS and On Call staff report on all changes in patient / family condition and POC.
• Follows and upholds all state and federal laws and regulations outlined in the policy and procedure manuals.

COMPENTENCIES

Education & Experience

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Hours : Monday-Friday (8 : 30am-4 : 30pm); on call rotation obligation(3-4 times per years)

FLSA : Exempt

Pay : $80,000-90,000 per year

Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision, Company Matched 403b Retirement Plan, Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care, Tuition Assistance and more!

Hudson Valley Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Salary : $80,000 - $90,000