RN Case Manager, Home Hospice – Fulltime, Day

Job Description:

• Provide clinical home hospice care and travel daily to multiple hospice patients in the Wellstar territory
• Assume primary responsibility for terminally ill patients and caregivers using the nursing process
• Coordinate care with physicians, the Hospice Medical Director, and the interdisciplinary team
• Evaluate and coordinate services from clinical care partners, social workers, chaplains, bereavement coordinators, volunteers, pharmacies, DME providers, and contracted personnel
• Provide ongoing patient and family contact through phone calls and visits
• Educate patients and caregivers on disease processes, symptom management, medications, nutrition, and signs of impending death
• Manage medications and assess symptoms, medication effectiveness, disease progression, safety, caregiving adequacy, abuse or neglect, and suicide risk
• Update individualized plans of care and facilitate changes in level of care or transfers to hospice facilities
• Conduct physical assessments, consult physicians, and pronounce patients at death
• Participate in interdisciplinary meetings, family conferences, case studies, performance improvement activities, committees, hiring, orientation, education, peer review, and case study analysis
• Develop and supervise hospice aide personal care plans
• Maintain electronic medical records and medical components of care plans
• Monitor nursing care quality, safety, infection control, customer satisfaction, and complaint resolution
• Serve as a clinical resource for PRN RNs, on-call RNs, LPNs, and CCPs
• Comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, code of conduct, state and federal licensure guidelines, and JCAHO standards
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Associate's degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma required; Bachelor's in Nursing preferred
• Current RN license: single-state or RN compact/multistate license
• BLS certification required upon hire
• Georgia driver's license or valid state driver's license
• Private vehicle insurance
• Minimum 2 years acute care or hospice/home care experience preferred
• Hospice RN experience strongly preferred
• Exceptional empathy and service skills
• Excellent assessment and clinical judgment skills
• Knowledge of developmental characteristics and disease processes affecting people of all ages
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Effective computer use for patient care documentation
• Personal vehicle required
• CHPN certification preferred upon hire

Benefits:

• Mileage reimbursed
• Full-time day shift
• Support to do more meaningful work
• More rewarding life