Nurse Case Manager

About the role

Principle Choice Home Health partners with patients and families to provide comprehensive care in a compassionate atmosphere. We make a difference in our clients' lives by bringing hope, health and healing in the place that matters most - home. We deliver exceptional care to our clients and their families that consistently exceeds expectations, while at the same time fostering a culture and environment that provides our team members with an incredible work experience.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive subjective and objective assessment of the patient status that includes physical, psychosocial, and environmental parameters.
• Ensures compliance with federal/state regulations governing home health care services by following policy and procedure consistent with agency standards.
• Formulates individualized plan of care that incorporates analysis of assessment data.
• Provides skilled interventions aimed at achieving realistic outcomes within a specified time period.
• Modifies and updates plan of care to reflect progress toward outcomes.
• Affirms thorough and accurate documentation with all clinical data including but not limited to; a. Admission through discharge, OASIS, HCFA 485, physician's orders, skilled nursing visits and changes in conditions.
• Demonstrates competency with technical nursing skills according to the legal scope of practice.
• Maintains data collection, recording, and reporting systems to ensure proper service, data collection, and measurement of outcomes.
• Implements teaching specific to patient and family needs and evaluates and modifies as needed.
• Participates in in-service education programs as required by state law.
• Will assist with quarterly clinical record reviews.
• Appropriately documents all applicable data in the patient's medical record.
• Maintains productivity standards as established by the corporate office.
• Plans, directs, and participates in delivery of professional services to home care patients.
• Identifies patients who are appropriate for care conferences.
• Focuses services toward diagnosis-specific patient care needs.
• Seeks consultant expertise with the Administrator as needed to ensure agency growth.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited registered nurse program.
• Current state licensure in Oklahoma and in good standing per state requirements.
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required.
• Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN) preferred.
• 1-2 years recent Home Health nursing experience.
• Active Oklahoma drivers license.
• Current car insurance and registration.
• Reliable transportation.
• Medical knowledge, patience, compassion, kindness, critical thinking skills, knowledge of infection control practices, stamina, and physical endurance, observational skills, knowledge of occupational hazards and safety rules, communication skills, leadership, empathy.
• Must be a U.S. citizen; work sponsorship is not available.

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of infection control practices.
• Stamina and physical endurance.
• Observational skills.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety rules.
• Communication skills.
• Leadership.
• Empathy.

Physical Requirements

• Extensive driving.
• Assisting patient in transfer activities (wheelchair, to bed, to tub, to commode).
• Providing substantial support to individuals in ambulation.
• Use hands to finger, to handle or feel, and talk or hear.
• Regularly stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Sometimes lift and/or move over 100 pounds.
• Close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

• General office, patient home setting, exposure to infectious diseases, automobile.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Principle Choice Solutions is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, parental status, national origin, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other non-merit-based factors or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.