Compassionate Hospice RN Case Manager | Elevate Patient Care

Optum; Hattiesburg (MS); On-site; USD 72,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum's Heart of Hospice seeks a compassionate Hospice Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager to deliver the Plan of Care for hospice patients and collaborate with the IDG team to implement treatment strategies aligned with nursing theory, promoting physical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

You will perform initial evaluations, coordinate the plan of care, document patient responses, and support families in self-care, while adapting to diverse home environments across Mississippi.

Qualifications

• Current and unrestricted RN licensure in the state of practice.
• Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.
• 1+ years of full-time experience as an RN.
• However, three years full-time clinical experience in a healthcare setting as an LPN may be substituted for the one-year full-time experience as an RN.

Responsibilities

• Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services during visit within forty-eight (48) hours of referral.
• Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
• Initiates and coordinates the plan of care.
• 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.
• Instructs and supervises the patient/family in self-care techniques when appropriate.
• Maintains accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition.
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client.

Skills

RN licensure

Home health care

Patient assessment

Care planning

Job description

Optum's Heart of Hospice seeks a compassionate Hospice Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager to deliver the Plan of Care for hospice patients and collaborate with the IDG team to implement treatment strategies aligned with nursing theory, promoting physical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

You will perform initial evaluations, coordinate the plan of care, document patient responses, and support families in self-care, while adapting to diverse home environments across Mississippi.