RN Home Health Case Manager - Sign-On Bonus

aah; Illinois; On-site; USD 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

aah in Chicago's west side is seeking a Registered Nurse – Home Health to provide in-home clinical care, education, and compassionate support for diverse patients across Logan Square and surrounding communities. Schedule: Mon-Fri 8a-5p with rotating weekends, plus on-call weeknights and occasional holidays.

Sign-on bonus up to $3,000. Major responsibilities include building therapeutic nurse-patient relationships, ensuring quality, coordinating with families, coordinating with the care team, and

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship throughout the healthcare continuum.
• Demonstrates adaptive communication styles based on individual patient needs.
• Provides individualized care to promote physical and psychosocial comfort.
• Assesses patient and family readiness and involves them in planning and implementing care.
• Incorporates an individualized, holistic approach in the plan of care.
• Facilitates the patient and family’s right to receive quality, cost effective care.
• Mobilizes appropriate resources in response to situations that have the potential to negatively impact patient and family outcomes.
• Adapts practice to the latest standards according to evidence-based literature.
• Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives.
• Participates in efforts to reduce risk and improve patient safety.
• Meets regulatory and mandatory requirements on the unit.
• Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families.
• Assesses patient and family readiness to learn, and modifies approach as necessary.
• Seeks out opportunities to enhance knowledge, skill, and competence of department members.
• Demonstrates the use of nursing process as a problem-solving model.
• Recognizes changes in clinical situations. Evaluates and implements changes to the plan of care.
• Consistently makes sound clinical decisions, demonstrating the ability to care for patients with complex problems.
• Prioritizes and organizes patient care and ensures follow through with planned care.
• Initiates referrals and discharge planning for assigned patients and actively coordinates utilizing the interdisciplinary approach.
• Applies ethical decision making.
• Monitors for confidentiality and assures appropriate business conduct.
• Delegates correctly to unlicensed assistive personnel.
• Seeks resources for disruptive behavior that impedes care delivery.
• Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care.
• Participates in unit meetings and activities that improve patient care or administrative systems Utilizes available resources to maintain current knowledge base relevant to practice
• Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills, promoting collaboration among

Job description

aah in Chicago's west side is seeking a Registered Nurse – Home Health to provide in-home clinical care, education, and compassionate support for diverse patients across Logan Square and surrounding communities. Schedule: Mon-Fri 8a-5p with rotating weekends, plus on-call weeknights and occasional holidays.

Sign-on bonus up to $3,000. Major responsibilities include building therapeutic nurse-patient relationships, ensuring quality, coordinating with families, coordinating with the care team, and