Nurse Care Manager

Self-Help For The Elderly; San Francisco (CA); Sur place; USD 66 000 - 72 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Self-Help for the Elderly in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Nurse Care Manager to provide skilled nursing assessments, planning, and care for frail seniors to support independent living in the community.

The role collaborates with the Social Services team and physicians to develop and implement individualized care plans, certify levels of care, and monitor progress while ensuring timely service delivery.

Qualifications

• Current California Licensed Registered Nurse with at least one year of clinical nursing experience.
• Experience with frail older adults or in home health, public health, or acute care preferred.
• Ability to organize time, set priorities, and meet deadlines in care planning.

Responsabilités

• Conducts in-depth assessments and reassessments of medical, health, and rehabilitation needs.
• Certifies level of care determinations and collaborates on individualized care plans.
• Implements and monitors services in the care plan and coordinates with physicians and other health professionals.
• Provides health education presentations and in-service trainings.

Connaissances

Interpersonal skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Time management

Communication

Formation

California Registered Nurse license

Description du poste

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Nurse Care Manager

Regular Full-Time San Francisco, CA, US

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 2071

Salary Range: $48.00 To $52.00 Hourly

Title: Nurse Care Manager

Department: Social Services

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Reports To: Director of Social Services

Summary: Provides skilled nursing assessment, planning and care to frail seniors to avoid premature placement of persons in nursing facilities, while fostering independent living in the community.

Essential Functions:

• Conducts in-depth assessments and/or reassessments covering medical, health, and rehabilitation concerns within the required deadlines.
• Certifies level of care determinations.
• Collaborates and consults with the SWCM in the development of the participant’s individualized care plan.
• Implements the services detailed in the care plan.
• Monitors participant’s needs and provisions in the care plan.
• Identifies and develops support systems for the participant.
• Collaborates with physicians and other health professionals.
• Ensures that prior to purchasing and authorizing Waiver Services, all other resources have been exhausted.
• Provides health education presentations to the participants/families.
• Provides in-service training for staff on health-related topics and medical consultation with other staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Current California Licensed Registered Nurse, plus one year of clinical nursing experience, or one year of case management experience working with frail older adults, the chronically ill, or experience in home health, public health, or acute care preferred.
• Ability to organize time and set priorities to certify Level of Care determinations, collaborate on Care Plans, and implement services while maintaining deadlines and program requirements.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work well in a multidisciplinary team, and demonstrates skills at cultivating and maintaining cohesive working relationships with coworkers.
• Sensitivity and awareness of participants’ rights, wishes and needs, while also showing the ability to maintain the boundaries of a professional relationship with participants.
• Responsibilities include geriatric assessments of medication, physical, psychological, and medical needs. Ability to monitor participant’s needs and provision in the care plans.
• Familiar with different patient transferring techniques. Must pass a strength test for physical fitness for the job prior to employment and every 2 years thereafter: ability to transfer participants of up to 120 lbs, stand, walk, bend/twist/turn the neck/waist, reach, grip/grasp, pinch/squeeze, exercise fine manipulation of the hands and wrist movements, kneel, squat, and push/pull up to 75% of the time.
• Must have TB clearance within 12 months prior to employment and maintain clearance annually thereafter.
• Must pass health screening for physical examination.
• Must acquire CPR and First Aid certificates within 6 months of employment and maintain current certificates thereafter.

Self-Help for the Elderly is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmation Action Employer and we welcome diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law. We participate in E-Verify.

Qualified applicants with criminal history will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

We may provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please call [phone] for special assistance.