RN Case Mgr- Home Hospice ( in field)SP SG WG

Wellstar Health Systems; LaGrange (GA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System in Georgia seeks a compassionate Hospice RN Case Manager to deliver patient-centered, evidence-based care across West Georgia. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care, coordinating with physicians, social workers, chaplains and caregivers.

The role requires an RN license, BLS, a Georgia driver’s license, and at least two years’ acute care or hospice experience. You’ll manage meds, educate families, document in the EMR, and support end-of-life planning.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in nursing or diploma; bachelor's preferred.
• BLS certification required.
• RN license (single state) or compact.
• Georgia driver’s license and private vehicle insurance.
• Minimum 2 years acute care or hospice/home care experience.
• Excellent assessment, clinical judgment and communication skills.
• Ability to use computers for patient care documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing patient care per the interdisciplinary care plan.
• Maintain ongoing contact with patients and families.
• Educate regarding disease processes, symptom management, medications, and nutrition.
• Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team and external partners.
• Pronounce the patient at time of death.
• Assist in transfer to appropriate care facilities as needed.

Skills

Emotional maturity

Interpersonal skills

Clinical judgment

Assessment skills

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Patient education

Education

Associates degree in nursing or diploma

Bachelor's degree in nursing (preferred)

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work ShiftVarious (United States of America)Job Summary:In field Home Hospice RN for patient in the West Georgia Medical surrounding areas Strong commitment to hospice patients and their families/empathy/exceptional care and compassion values for our communityFulltime 40hrs week- 8 hr shifts We serve 5 counties (Troup, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, and Coweta) so the territory will be mixed and can vary at times.The Hospice RN Case Manager utilizes the nursing process (assess, plan, implement, evaluate) to assume primaryresponsibility for the care of terminally ill patients and their caregivers in consultation with the primary physician, Hospice Medical Director and the Hospice interdisciplinary team. RN Case Manager evaluates need and coordinates care from other disciplines including Clinical Care Partners, Social Workers, Chaplains, Bereavement Coordinators and Volunteers. The hospice nurse provides physical and psychosocial support to the patient and supportive care to the caregiver and family that will assist them in accepting and preparing for the death of the patient. RN Case Manager reports to the Hospice Nurse Manager. Use of personal vehicle required. Mileage reimbursed.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Provides ongoing patient care according to the interdisciplinary care plan.
• Maintains ongoing contact with patients/families (phone calls, visits).
• Provides instruction regarding disease processes, symptom management, medication administration, and nutrition.
• Manages medications, ensuring they are available as ordered, administered correctly by family, stored correctly and safely, encourages compliance.
• educate regarding destruction of meds according to DEA guidelines
• Assesses symptoms and medication effectiveness, reports response to physician.
• Assesses disease procession and documents decline, adding additional complications to the ICD- code list.
• Assess need for change in level of care, based upon symptoms, caregiving fatigue and the patient/family plan for death.
• Facilitate transfer to appropriate care facility as needed.
• Assesses for patient safety, adequacy of caregiving, signs of abuse or neglect, suicide risk.
• Updates plan of care with goals, interventions and services that are indivualized to each patient/family need.
• Prepares the Patient and Family for death.
• Conducts ongoing physical assessments of patients and anticipates changes based upon understanding of disease progression.
• Consults with primary physician appropriately.
• Advises caregivers of anticipated changes, educates about the signs and symptoms of impending death and interventions to relieve symptoms.
• Pronounces the patient at time of death.
• Collaborates with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, family conferences and case studies.
• Interprets medical status of patients.
• Maintains ongoing communication with other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Develops the hospice aide (CCP) personal care plan and supervises their implementation of the plan of care.
• Documents completion of supervision and annual competencies.
• Serves as resources to staff with regard to medical issues.
• Coordinates care and transfer to in-patient hospice facility to provide highest level of trust for patient/family and provide continuity of care.
• Reads all communications and e-mails from team members including supervisors.
• Implements state/federal licensure guidelines and JCAHO standards relating to nursing component of care.
• Mants current documentation in electronic medical record.
• Mants medical component of careplan.
• Monitors the quality of nursing care provided to patients including but not limited to safety and infection control.
• Performs customer satisfaction/complaint resolution activities in a timely manner and reports occurances to supervisor.
• Communicates appropriately with contracted personnel (PT, ST, OT, ET) and agencies (pharmacies, DME company).
• Communicates/consults with contracted pharmacies.
• Provides pertinent information to contracted personnel as needed.
• Assess need for DMESupports and participates in performance improvement activities.
• Participates in department performance improvement activities (i.e. chart review, committees, etc.).
• Participates in system-wide committees as requested.
• Identifies methods for improving department performance/care.
• Assists in implementing performance improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrates leadership skills.
• Serves as a clinical resource for PRN RNs, on‑call RNs, LPNs and CCPs.
• Participates in the hiring and orientation of new nursing staff.
• Assumes additional responsibilities: committee assignments, education of students, peer review, case study analysis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

• Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

• All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• GADL - Georgia Driver's License or VSDL - Valid State Driver's License
• PVI - Private Vehicle insurance

Required Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 2 years acute care or hospice/home care experience

Required Minimum Skills:

• Possesses emotional maturity.
• Possesses interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates excellent assessment and clinical judgment skills.
• Possesses knowledge of developmental characteristics (physical, psychosocial, intellectual) of people of all ages (neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult, geriatric).
• Possesses knowledge of disease processes affecting people of all ages.
• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrates effective use of computers for patient care documentation.

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