Hospice RN Case Manager

About the role

Full-time, part-time, and per diem RN Case Manager positions available in Berkshire County. This is an on-the-road role requiring travel and a reliable, insured vehicle.

Pay

$48 to $50 an hour, paid weekly.

Responsibilities

• Supervise hospice aides.
• Complete initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessments of patient and family hospice needs.
• Provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illnesses.
• Deliver professional nursing care using all elements of the nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient status; write and initiate a plan of care, regularly re-evaluate needs, and revise the plan as necessary.
• Initiate the plan of care and make revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develop a care plan with goals based on nursing diagnosis, incorporating palliative nursing actions and including the patient and family in planning.
• Initiate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the plan of care.
• Counsel the patient and family on meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provide health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
• Assist the patient with activities of daily living and facilitate efforts toward self-sufficiency and optimal comfort care.
• Act as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor, coordinating patient care for an assigned caseload.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing (bachelor’s degree preferred).
• Active and unencumbered RN license in Massachusetts.
• One to two years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting.
• One to two years of recent home care experience (preferred).
• CPR certification.
• Up-to-date COVID and flu vaccinations or acknowledgment of declination.

Benefits

• Competitive and weekly pay.
• Holiday pay for hourly and salaried employees.
• Overtime pay for hourly employees.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Exclusive employer discount program.

For eligible team members:

• Employer-paid life insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Vacation and personal time.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.