What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field RN Case Manager position at Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care?
Founded in 1982 as Joliet Area Community Hospice, Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness is an independent, non-profit healthcare provider licensed in 11 counties in northwest Illinois. We have a state-of-the-art facility and the first free standing In-Patient Unit in Illinois. We have a 35 year history for providing compassionate professional care to terminally ill patients and their families. We are state licensed and Medicare/Medicaid certified.
The majority of our direct patient care is in the field with Lightways team members providing care in the home, nursing facility or assisted living facility. We also have a 20-bed inpatient unit in Joliet. Non-clinical staff are based out of our Joliet administrative offices.
We are currently seeking a full-time RN to care for our patients residing in their private home, nursing home or long term care facility in DuPage County. Our RN Case Managers have a caseload of patients that they visit according to the plan of care and are responsible for providing loving care for patients in their activities of daily living. This position works Mon-Fri and must have the availability to do a minimum of 20 hours of on-call per month which may increase based on staffing. On-call shift coverage is for our entire service area.
Illinois Registered Nurse with a minimum of one year experience in either home health or nursing home/long term care. Previous Hospice experience helpful.
Lightways Hospice offers a generous benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k with a company match, 6 paid holidays and 17 days PTO the first year! Lightways Hospice is an equal opportunity employer.
For additional information on Lightways benefit package, please visit Lightways.org and click on Careers.
Salary : $70,000 - $110,000