What are the responsibilities and job description for the ON-CALL NIGHT/WEEKEND RN CASE MANAGER position at Integritus Healthcar?
This position offers an every other weekend schedule, 8 PM - 8 AM, with additional evening shifts Monday - Friday for full time 32 - 40 hours / week, premium pay and full benefits active upon hire.
The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education / experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.
Essential Job Functions / Responsibilities :
Patient Care
- Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.
- Assesses and evaluates patient's status by :
- Writing and initiating plan of care
- Regularly re-evaluating patient and family / caregiver needs
- Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary
- Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
- Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician's plan of care.
- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
- Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
- Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient's efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.
