RN Case Manager (Registered Nurse Case Manager) (Grayson County)

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | [ | | | ]{#ctl00_Mai | | | n_content_lblJobDescriptionValue} | | | | | | JOB SUMMARY | | | | | | The registered nurse plans, | | | organizes and directs hospice | | | care and is experienced in | | | nursing, with emphasis on | | | community health | | | education/experience. The | | | professional nurse builds from | | | the resources of the community to | | | plan and direct services to meet | | | the needs of individual and | | | families within their homes and | | | communities. | | | | | | MUST HAVE: Current RN license, | | | Driver License, Auto Insurance, | | | CPR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [ | | | ]{#ctl00_Mai | | | n_content_lblJobDescriptionValue} | | | | | | DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES | | | | | | Patient Care | | | | | | - Completes an initial, | | | comprehensive and ongoing | | | assessments of patient and | | | family to determine hospice | | | needs. | | | - Provides a complete physical | | | assessment and history of | | | current and previous | | | illness(es). | | | - Provides professional nursing | | | care by utilizing all | | | elements of nursing process. | | | - Assesses and evaluates | | | patients status by: Writing | | | and initiating plan of care | | Regularly re-evaluating | | | patient and family/caregiver | | | needs Participating in | | | revising the plan of care as | | | necessary | | | - Uses health assessment data | | | to determine nursing | | | diagnosis. | | | - Develops a care plan that | | | establishes goals, based on | | | nursing diagnosis and | | | incorporates palliative | | | nursing actions. | | | - Includes the patient and the | | | family in the planning | | | process. | | | - Initiates appropriate | | | preventive and rehabilitative | | | nursing procedures. | | | - Administers medications and | | | treatments as prescribed by | | | the physician in the | | | physicians plan of care. | | | - Counsels the patient and | | | family in meeting nursing and | | | related needs. | | | - Provides health care | | | instructions to the patient | | | as appropriate per assessment | | | and plan. | | | - Assists the patient with the | | | activities of daily living | | | and facilitates the patients | | | efforts toward | | | self-sufficiency and optional | | | comfort care. | | | - Acts as Case Manager and | | | assumes responsibility to | | | coordinate patient care for | | | assigned caseload. | | | | | | [ | | | ]{#ctl00_Mai | | | n_content_lblJobDescriptionValue} | | | | | | Communication | | | | | | - Completes, maintains and | | | submits accurate and relevant | | | clinical notes regarding | | | patients condition and care | | | given. | | | - Records pain/symptom | | | management changes/