RN Case Manager - Hospice
Hospice Acquisition Company, LLC
- West Allis, WI
- Permanent
- Full-time
The RN Case Manager provides intermittent skilled nursing services; communicates the patient’s progress with other disciplines and directs, supervises and instructs hospice aide staff in the provision of personal care to the patient. As a RN Case Manager you will:Key Responsibilities:
- Under the physician’s order, admit patients eligible for hospice services
- Assess and evaluates patient needs/problems, identifies mutually agreed upon goals with patients
- Report patient status and need for other disciplines to clinical leadership, attending physician and hospice physician
- Update care plans on an ongoing basis; revise and resolve patient problems and goals as changes occur and/or recertification
- Complete informational visit and obtain patient consents for hospice admission per office procedure
- Be responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provide Age-Friendly Care
- Current unencumbered registered nurse in the state of practice or in accordance with the Board of Nurse Examiners rules for Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
- Must maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record
- Ability to work in a field setting and exhibited ability to make sound nursing judgments
- Ability to assess patient needs and formulate individualized patient care plans to meet those needs