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UMR lists this Hospice RN Case Manager | , | Group opportunity in brookhaven, Mississippi. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Registered Nurse Case Manager
Explore opportunities with Deaconess Hospice, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
As the Registered Nurse Case Manager, you will assume full nursing responsibility for the delivery of the Plan of Care for each hospice patient. Continuously evaluating personal and professional performance and making necessary changes to increase productivity and quality of care delivered. You'll also develop the patient's Plan of care in collaboration with other professionals and implement treatment strategies based on scientific nursing theory that promotes physical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Familiar with the concepts and needs of patients/families who are facing death and dying.
Primary Responsibilities:
Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services during visit within forty-eight (48) hours of referral
Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days
Initiates and coordinates the plan of care
Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care
Collaborates with the patient/family, attending physician and other members of the IDG in providing patient and family care daily
Instructs and supervises the patient/family in self-care techniques when appropriate
Maintains accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition
Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
Current and unrestricted RN licensure in the state of practice
Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation
State Specific Requirement:
MS: 1+ years of full-time experience as an RN. However, three years full-time clinical experience in a healthcare setting as an LPN may be substituted for the one-year full-time experience as an RN
Preferred Qualifications:
1+ years of clinical experience
Current CPR certification or ability to complete within 90 days of hire
Worksite address
brookhaven, MS, 39603, US
Who can apply
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