What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice RN Case Manager position at Home Health and Hospice of Kansas?
Hospice RN Case Manager
Travel: Local travel throughout assigned service area required in Wichita and surrounding areas.
Position Summary
The Hospice RN Case Manager is responsible for coordinating and providing compassionate, patient-centered nursing care to hospice patients and their families. The RN Case Manager manages an assigned caseload, performs comprehensive nursing assessments, develops and updates individualized plans of care, provides skilled nursing interventions, manages pain and symptoms, educates patients and caregivers, and collaborates with the hospice interdisciplinary team to promote comfort, dignity, and quality of life.
The Hospice RN Case Manager serves as a primary clinical point of contact for assigned patients and families and helps ensure hospice services are provided in accordance with the patient's goals of care, physician orders, the interdisciplinary plan of care, organizational policies, applicable Kansas requirements, and federal Medicare Conditions of Participation.
Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesPatient Assessment and Case Management
- Perform initial and ongoing comprehensive nursing assessments of hospice patients in their place of residence.
- Assess physical, functional, psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and caregiver needs as appropriate to the RN role.
- Identify changes in patient condition and communicate significant findings promptly to the hospice physician, attending provider, supervisor, and interdisciplinary team as appropriate.
- Develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized nursing interventions and contribute to the interdisciplinary plan of care.
- Coordinate services for an assigned patient caseload to support continuity and quality of care.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and make recommendations based on changes in the patient's condition, goals, and needs.
- Participate in admission, recertification, transfer, discharge, and death-related processes as assigned.
Pain and Symptom Management
- Assess and manage pain and other symptoms associated with terminal illness and related conditions.
- Administer and monitor medications and treatments in accordance with physician/provider orders, applicable nursing standards, and organizational policies.
- Evaluate medication effectiveness, adverse effects, symptom progression, and patient response to interventions.
- Collaborate with hospice physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary team regarding medication and treatment recommendations.
- Anticipate potential changes or crises and educate patients and caregivers regarding appropriate interventions and when to contact hospice.
- Promote comfort and quality of life throughout the dying process.
Patient and Caregiver Education
- Educate patients, families, and caregivers regarding the hospice philosophy and goals of care.
- Provide instruction regarding medications, symptom management, comfort measures, medical equipment, infection prevention, safety, and care techniques.
- Assess caregiver ability and willingness to participate in the patient's care and identify additional education or support needs.
- Provide education and emotional support regarding disease progression, signs and symptoms of approaching death, and the dying process.
- Reinforce when and how to contact hospice for changes in condition, uncontrolled symptoms, or other concerns.
On-Call and Patient Support
- Participate in the hospice on-call rotation as assigned.
- Respond appropriately to urgent patient and caregiver needs.
- Provide or coordinate nursing interventions for changes in condition and symptom crises.
- Assist in preventing unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations when consistent with the patient's goals and hospice plan of care.
- Provide compassionate support to patients and families during the active dying process and at the time of death
Equal Employment Opportunity
Home Health & Hospice of Kansas is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in accordance with applicable federal and state law.
Pay: $68,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Continuing education credits
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
Work Location: In person
Salary : $68,000 - $85,000