Community Hospice and Palliative Care, a leading non-profit organization specializing in end-of-life healthcare, is hiring a RN Case Manager to join our growing team. Offering a competitive salary and benefits, generous PTO, and retirement options, Community Hospice provides a supportive work environment to grow your professional career.

The RN Case Manger is responsible for planning and managing an assigned caseload of nursing care and home healthcare patients in and around the Gainesville, FL area. As a member of an assigned care team, the RN Case Manager coordinates resources and performs a wide range of skilled nursing activities for an assigned caseload of adult patients.

Position Details:

• Location: Home Health around the general Gainesville area
• Salary: Base Salary Mileage
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm; weekends as needed

Primary Responsibilities:
the RNCM is responsible for ongoing assessments of patient/caregiver needs, performing symptom management, teaching appropriate care related to disease process, and providing end-of-life care/support to patients and caregivers.

• Performs skilled nursing activities
• Completes assessment of patients regularly and on-going as patients’ conditions warrants. Assessments include physical, functional, psychosocial and environmental needs and activities of daily living.
• Responsible for the input of patient information into the electronic medical record.
• Provides patient care in accordance with physician orders and patient/caregiver goals, directed by the Plan Care; provides post-mortem care per policy.
• Develops patient Plan of Care and supervises hospice aide in provision of that patient care.
• Teaches patient/caregiver as appropriate to situation, plan of care.
• Demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of medications, including medication administration.
• Assess patient to determine appropriateness of crisis intervention care and oversee cases daily.
• Performs Hospice Aide supervisory visit at least every 14-days to assess patient/caregiver satisfaction with Hospice Aide services. Makes an annual on-site visit to the location where the patient is receiving care in order to observe and assess each aide while he or she is performing care.
• Contacts Community Hospice Medical Director or Associate Medical Director for pain and symptom management recommendations/orders as necessary and communicate these to patient/caregiver and attending physician (if any) for approval.
• Communicates timely, thoroughly, professionally with interdisciplinary group members, patient and or caregivers, and other Community Hospice departments.
• Actively involves interdisciplinary group in initiation/review/evaluation of Plan of Care.
• Evaluates services provided to patients, apprising Manager or RN Supervisor if compliments/complaints or opportunities for improvement are expressed.
• Facilitates transfers into the Inpatient Facility, ordering medical equipment, supplies, and medications according to organization procedures; offers/provides Continuous/Transitional Care on transfer from unit, further ensuring continuity of care of Hospice services.
• Apprises Manager or RN Supervisor of needed medical equipment, supplies, medications, and orders as directed.
• Documentation completed is reflective of patient care given, services provided, any
• Patient Incident Reports are completed accurately and submitted immediately to the Manager or RN Supervisor.
• Compliance with Community Hospice Pharmacy and State regulations in regard to obtaining, disposing, dispensing pharmaceuticals.
• Takes initiative in addressing areas of need noted regarding facility operations/services, advising appropriate department for resolution.
• Maintains a good attendance record; notifies organization of absences according to policy.

Education/Experience:

Any combination of education and experience that would provide required skills
and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

• Two year Associate Degree, or a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing program
• One year Registered Nurse experience with one year hospital medical-surgical/oncology experience preferred; or
• Five years Licensed Practical Nurse experience within the past five (5) years, with one year hospital medical–surgical/oncology experience preferred.
• Knowledge of appropriate educational principles and methods as applied to hospice nursing.
• Working sometimes long and occasionally irregular hours.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $62,000.00 - $71,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work setting:

• Hospice
• Long term care
• Nursing home

Experience:

• Registered Nurse: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• B.S. in Nursing or Two Year Associate Degree (Preferred)

Work Location: In person