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Registered Nurse (RN) -Full Time Night Shift

Hospice Partners

Registered Nurse (RN) -Full Time Night Shift

San Antonio, TX
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    RN CASE MANAGER

    WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN RN CASE MANAGER WHO IS COMPASSIONATE, CONFIDENT IN HER NURSING SKILLS, AND ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY MANAGE HER TIME.  The Registered Nurse Case Manager serves as a member of the interdisciplinary care team. The RN Case Manager plans, organizes, and provides nursing care to the terminally ill and their families.

    Key Role Responsibilities:

    • Provides skilled nursing patient care or service within the established plan of care and demonstrates exceptional service to patients, families, referral sources, co-workers and other customers.
    • Attends interdisciplinary group meetings and coordinates all services relative to providing skilled nursing care. 
    • Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, and environmental status; identifies problems and appropriate interventions and initiates the Plan of Care based on these findings.
    • Reports pertinent observations and reactions regarding changes in patient status; identifies problems and appropriate interventions and updates the Plan of Care based on these findings. Communicates with the Clinical Team Lead and physician regarding observations and recommended interventions. 
    • Provides medication, diet and other instructions as ordered by the physician and recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers.
    • Assists the patient and family/caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care, emotional, spiritual and psychosocial support. Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate. Includes the patient and family in the planning process.
    • Completes all documentation in a concise, accurate and timely manner. 
    • Provides written instructions to home health aides for patient care consistent with the established plan of care. Supervises home health aides on a routine basis to ensure adherence to the plan of care. Updates the home health aide plan of care as indicated. 
    • Provides LPN/LVN supervision as directed by the Clinical Team Lead. 
    • Participates in on-call rotation as assigned by the Clinical Team Lead. 
    • Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are provided timely. 
    • Maintains patient confidentiality at all times. 
    • Takes part in timely and appropriate discharge planning when indicated by the patient’s plan of care. 
    • Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities as assigned.

    Benefits at our organization include:

    • Annual personal days in addition to PTO and paid holidays
    • Education and hospice certification reimbursement program
    • Mileage reimbursement or vehicle stipend
    • 401K match option
    • Health benefits that cover wellness visits at no cost
    • Company paid dental benefits
    • Vision benefits
    • Health Reimbursement account for those enrolled in health benefits
    • FSA medical account
    • FSA dependent care
    • Company paid long-term disability
    • Short-term disability option
    • Company paid covered life insurance policy
    • Voluntary life insurance options for employee, spouse and children
    • Opportunities for additional hours
    • Bonus opportunities
    • Advancement opportunities

    Required Skills

    Demonstrates excellent observation, problem solving, verbal and written communications; nursing skills per competency checklist.  Shows ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.  Maintains a current CPR certification.  Must be a licensed driver with reliable transportation that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.  Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the state.

    Required Experience

    Prior home health or hospice experience or (1) year of recent medical/surgical experience strongly preferred.  

  • Qualifications

    Demonstrates excellent observation, problem solving, verbal and written communications; nursing skills per competency checklist.  Shows ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.  Maintains a current CPR certification.  Must be a licensed driver with reliable transportation that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.  Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the state.