RN Case Manager at Niagara Hospice – Lockport, New York

The RN Case Manager provides total, comprehensive, direct patient care and plan of care oversight through the process of assessment and evaluation.

Essential Functions: This position functions independently within the professional scope of practice including:

1. Case finding & Management: provide direct patient care and assessment, oversight of plan-of care development and implementation.
2. Diagnosing: identification & discrimination between physical & psychosocial signs and symptoms essential to effective execution and management of the nursing regimen.
3. Treating: execution of prescribed medical regimen & direct orders from authorized healthcare providers, administer medications and treatments during home visits as needed to effectively control patient symptomatology.
4. Measuring Human Responses & Patient Outcomes: evaluate signs, symptoms and processes which denote individual interaction with an actual or potential health problem.
5. Health Teaching & Counseling: educate patients/families on palliative and end-of-life care and issues in a proactive manner, thoroughly explain procedures to patients before executing the same.
6. Care Supportive of Life and Well Being: demonstrate respect of patient/family choices, values and behaviors, advocates for the choices of patients/families.
7. Professional Communication & Documentation: communicates progress of patients to advanced practitioners accordingly, complete patient profiles/summaries promptly, record patient’s condition, treatment and response, chart required information in the MISYS Homecare System.
8. Indirect Patient Support & Management Activities: place referrals for necessary supportive services; act as a liaison to contracted hospitals and nursing facilities as assigned.
9. Professional Performance: demonstrate knowledge and competencies required of the position, understand & demonstrate knowledge of the NYS Nurse Practice Act, NYS and federal guidelines/codes governing Hospice and the accrediting body.

Education & Qualifications:

• RN Licensure in New York State (required)
• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing (required)
• Minimum of three (3) years of nursing experience preferred
• Valid NYS Drivers License

If you have an empathetic approach to helping others and making a difference, we invite you to apply. Visit us at NiagaraHospice.org. Please apply online at www.niagarahospice.org/careers. EOE

The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the anticipated range for this position. A successful candidate’s actual compensation will be determined after taking factors into consideration such as the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set, and education. This is not inclusive of the value of the benefits package, which includes, among other benefits, healthcare/dental/vision, PTO, and retirement.