Job Title: Registered Nurse Case Manager
Profession: RN Case Manager
Specialty: Level 2 Case Manager RN
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Monday - Friday
Hours per Shift: 8 hours
Experience:
- One year of experience as a clinical nurse in a hospital required
- Nine months of experience in home care preferred
License:
- Current RN License in New York
Certifications:
- BLS certification required
Must-Have:
- Certified home health care experience required
- Experience with OASIS required
- Telemetry experience required
- EPIC or Netsmart experience preferred
Description:
Develop and revise plans of treatment and discharge plans in conjunction with patients, families, physicians, and care delivery teams.
Complete and submit OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges, and significant changes in condition in accordance with defined timeframes.
Process orders and notify physicians of patient needs and changes in condition, completing certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
Provide an environment that promotes respect for patients, their privacy, confidentiality, and property.
Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative strategies.
Provide services requiring specialized nursing skills.
Consult with and educate patients, families, and other team members regarding disease processes, self-care techniques, and preventive strategies.
Supervise LPNs to ensure patient health, safety, and compliance with plans of care.
Direct, coordinate, evaluate, and supervise the quality of patient care services provided by the home health agency.
Interact with patients, physicians, referral sources, and others in a manner conducive to maintaining positive relationships.
Support care management philosophy, including collaborative customer-focused planning.
Assure the completion of clinical records needed for compliance with legislation and the delivery of seamless service within established timeframes.
Maintain current knowledge of available community-based services.
Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to visit patients based on need and not geography.
Ensure problem resolution at the point of contact.
Attend patient care conferences on patients assigned to care.
Monitor results, progress, and take corrective action on quality indicators, including customer satisfaction with the RN function.
Understand the importance of the RN function and its impact on patients, other care providers, and resource utilization.
Pursue efforts to reduce or eliminate avoidable costs and errors.
Respond to findings of various quality management reviews/audits and ensure resolution of potential problem areas.
Participate in peer review and quality assessment and performance improvement as assigned.
Ensure productivity requirements are met.
Ensure appropriate visit authorizations are in place and that documentation reflects the medical necessity for care.
Promote recognition, respect, and celebration of diversity within the workforce.
Participate in education, including orientation and self-development as needed.
Demonstrate commitment to professional growth and competency.
Perform other duties as requested.