About this opportunity
BETHESDA HEALTH AND HOUSING lists this RN Case Manager - Short Term Care opportunity in willmar, Minnesota. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
BETHESDA
CASE MANAGER
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Summary:
The Case Manager monitors, directs, and assists other unit staff to assure that care is delivered according to each resident’s care plan, the Medical Plan of Care, and State/Federal regulations. The Case Manager serves as the nursing liaison for residents, families, physicians, interdisciplinary team members and outside service providers.
Job Relationships:
# Reports to: Director of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing.
# Supervises: Monitors and directs staff RNs, LPNs, TMAs and CNAs to provide the highest quality resident care.
# Internal Relationships: Coordinates resident care with interdisciplinary team members and other professional providers.
# External Contacts: Resident family members, physicians, and other service providers.
Hours of Work
: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday and required weekend and holiday rotation. The holiday rotation will be every 5th weekend, evening shift 2:30pm-10:30pm.
Dress code
: Casual dress clothes or scrub uniform and Identification badge.
Essential Requirements of Work:
(Minimum qualifications necessary to function at full productivity
# Education:
# Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
# Must be a Registered Nurse in MN
# CPR certified
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# Experience
# Minimum of two-years long-term care experience preferred.
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# Job Knowledge
# Working knowledge of Medicare, State/Federal regulations, and Case Mix.
# Experience in completing MDS’s and the MDS process
# Skilled in work organization, time management, and delegation
# Possess and use a resident focus and service excellence philosophy.
# Possess a professional, courteous, and calm manner
# Have good communication skills in the English language
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Physical Demands of the job:
# Ability to work under moderate levels of stress
# Requires frequent change of position to include: standing, sitting, walking, bending, and kneeling
# Patient handlers must sign & comply with the Skilled Nursing Facility Safe Patient Handling Policy.
Mental Demands of the Job:
# Judgement of Initiative: A wide variety of complex decisions are made. Initiative can be measured by timely accomplishments of assigned projects and predetermined goals.
# Independent Action: A high degree of independent action necessary. The job requires self-motivation to function at full productivity.
# Effect of Error- errors can result in poor resident care, budge discrepancies, staff problems, and unsafe environment.
# Contact with others: Position requires contact with virtually all persons associated with the nursing home.
Principle Job Responsibilities:
Responsibility:
Maintains the assigned unit to meet State and Federal regulations and facility standards:
Tasks:
# Promotes and implements policy & procedures under the direction of the DON/ADON that assist the residents in achieving their highest practicable physical, psychosocial, and spiritual function.
# Directs, monitors, and assists unit staff to assure residents experience no preventable decline in function.
# Monitors the quality of resident care on the unit and provides direction to unit staff to improve or maintain the highest quality care.
# Serves as a resource person to unit staff in the areas of resident care, clinical practice, regulations, and facility policy.
# Initiates disciplinary action when appropriate for unit staff and reports to DON/ADON
# Assists LPNs or staff RNs with disciplinary action as needed.
# Assist with quality assurance of care as defined by the DON/ADON and Medical Director
# Keeps DON/ADON current on any unusual or critical situations with residents, family and staff.
# Makes recommendations to DON, ADON, or MDS Coordinator for improvement of care, needed supplies and equipment
# Assists DON/ADON with performance evaluations of staff on the unit.
# Participates in continuing education programs both inside and out of the facility
# Other duties as assigned by DON/ADON
Responsibility
: Perform supervisor duties of neighborhood.
Tasks:
# Performs physician rounds with residents’ attending physicians.
# Communicates any changes in or concerns about a resident’s condition to the physician and seeks appropriate interventions
# Transcribes physician orders or co-signs the orders transcribed by RN or LPN.
# Performs appropriate clinical assessments for residents who are acutely ill and documents the findings of these assessments in the resident record.
# Performs and documents on-going clinical assessments as required for unit residents i.e. weight loss, condition changes, dehydration etc.
# Makes any needed physician calls during the shift regarding resident conditions or concerns if charge nurse is busy.
# Assist with resident admission and readmission per facility policy with the assistance of House Supervisor. Complete all necessary assessments required by an RN.
# Performs or monitors performance of any clinically complex treatments.
# Assists residents, families, and unit staff in problem solving related resident needs.
# Assist with scheduling needs PRN
Responsibility:
Understanding and completion of the MDS process.
Tasks:
# Creates and updates the plan of care or initiates/updates short-term care plans as appropriate and follows recommendations from MDS Coordinator.
# Attends care conferences for residents on their unit.
# Completes MDS’s accurately and in a timely manner.
# Attends facility meetings as assigned.
Responsibility
: Pain Management
Tasks:
# Provides appropriate and attentive pain management which includes:
# Accepts the resident’s report of pain
# Relieves the physical and psychosocial symptoms associated with pain while optimizing individual and family functioning.
# Promotes active participation by residents and their families in selecting pain management strategies and in communicating new or unrelieved pain.
# Provides consistent state of the art care through multi-disciplinary care team and universal guidelines for pain management.
# Educates residents, families, and caregivers about pain management and continually reinforces the development and application of knowledge.
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Responsibility
: Customer Service
Tasks:
# Demonstrates sensitivity to customers and their needs.
# Interacts appropriately with internal customers, i.e. co-workers with department and staff across departments.
# Interacts appropriately with external customers, i.e. patients, residents, families, medical staff, and venders
# Role models positive behaviors
Responsibility:
Resident Rights
Tasks:
# Acts as an advocate for Resident Bill of Rights - monitors and directs unit staff in this area.
# Assures that all residents, families, and staff are aware of resident rights.
# Assists in the identification of vulnerable adult issues and reports to the DON, ADON, Administrator, or Social Services in a timely manner.
# Respects resident property
# Maintains dignity and privacy of residents by knocking before entering resident room, addressing them in a respectful manner, discussing their status in a private manner and treating them in a courteous and polite manner.
Professional and Personal Growth
:
# Report for and leave the work area on a timely basis
# Participate in annual performance evaluation process.
# Write yearly personal goals
# Participate in all required in-service programs at Bethesda
# Maintain a professional conduct and pleasant, friendly attitude towards staff, residents, and visitors.
# Be willing to learn and change to meet needs that arise.
Who can apply
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