In-Home RN Case Manager — PRN

ProHealth Home Health & Hospice; Hoover (AL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Part time

Job summary

ProHealth Home Health & Hospice in Hoover, AL is seeking a PRN (RN) Home Health Case Manager to provide skilled nursing care to patients in their homes, following physician orders and the agency plan of care.

The role requires an Alabama RN license, with two years’ nursing experience preferred, and the ability to initiate and adjust plans of care, coordinate services, and educate patients and families. This is a part-time PRN position serving the Shelby County area.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing and currently licensed in the state(s) in which practicing.
• Two (2) years’ nursing experience, preferred.
• Acceptance of philosophy and goals of this Agency.
• Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.

Responsibilities

• Provides services in accordance with the plan of care.
• Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions.
• Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
• Coordinates services.
• Informs personnel of changes in the condition and needs of the patient.
• Counsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Participates in and presents in-service programs.
• Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and procedures.
• Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition. Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
• Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patient.
• Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills.
• Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel.
• Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/her care.
• Participates in peer review and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement as assigned.
• Gives total patient care as needed.
• Takes on-call duty nights, weekends, and holidays, as assigned.
• Completes and submits OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges, and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time frames.
• Appropriately utilizes ICD-10 codes.

Skills

Initiative and independent judgment

Communication with patients andfamilie

Education

RN license

CPR certification

Job description

ProHealth Home Health & Hospice in Hoover, AL is seeking a PRN (RN) Home Health Case Manager to provide skilled nursing care to patients in their homes, following physician orders and the agency plan of care.

The role requires an Alabama RN license, with two years’ nursing experience preferred, and the ability to initiate and adjust plans of care, coordinate services, and educate patients and families. This is a part-time PRN position serving the Shelby County area.