Case Manager - Registered Nurse Hospice

Job Description

Job Description

General

The RN Case Manager holds a crucial role in directing and confirming prompt quality care for hospice patients. The RN Case Manager directs, and coordinates activities involved in hospice patient care by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate staff. Ensures regulatory oversight compliance for response, care, documentation, ongoing education/CEU’s, confidentiality, security, and safety. Provides sensitive and thorough education/training to patient’s primary caregiver(s) for proper participation of their care responsibilities identified in POC. Ensures the overall direction of company operations with the highest degree of company expectations, industry standards and legal compliance.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, EDUCATION, and Abilities)

• Graduation from an Accredited RN program; BSN or Advanced Education or certification preferred
• CHPN preferred.
• Maintain current Arizona RN License and any applicable CEU’s
• Maintain current CPR Certification
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral), including the ability to lead discussions in diverse groups of varying size.
• Well organized, detail oriented and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Advanced level competency in electronic medical record software.
• Must possess and maintain; a valid AZ driver’s license, clean driving record, and maintain company insurance qualification of minimum coverage as follows: $100,ooo Per Person Bodily Injury, $300,000 Per Incident and $50,000 Property Damage Personal Insurance Policy.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. DOL Strength Rating Heavy Work - The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds , frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and/or up to constantly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds . Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Job Exposure Risk Category 1 – All job-related tasks involve an inherent potential for body fluid exposure. Personal Protective Equipment and safe work practices MUST be utilized as applicable.

Note:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.