Nurse Case Manager - Palliative

About the role

The RN Case Manager utilizes the case management process to provide care coordination services to a group of complex pediatric patients and their families across the continuum of care. Essential functions include assessing patient/family needs, establishing and implementing a plan to proactively facilitate achievement of outcomes, ongoing planning to achieve individualized patient/family outcomes, evaluating patient/family outcomes to continuously update the plan, and documenting the plan and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes case management process by assessing patient/family needs in hospital, home, or other community location
• Establishes and implements a plan to proactively facilitate achievement of outcomes through communication with patient/family and health care team to coordinate care
• Ongoing planning to achieve individualized patient/family outcomes
• Evaluates patient/family outcomes to continuously update the plan
• Documents plan and intervention
• Participates in Palliative Program development
• Works with the patient/family in collaboration with the payer, community agencies, Hospice agency, schools, etc. to ensure continuity of care and to avoid duplication of services
• Provides professional education to the staff or community

Requirements

Experience: 2+ years pediatric experience required, Case Management experience preferred

Qualifications

• Education: Associate's Degree required, Bachelor's Degree BSN preferred
• Licenses and Certifications: BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council required, License RN-Registered Nurse (30) - State of Wisconsin required

Skills and Abilities

• Certification as a Case Manager and experience in case management strongly desired
• Requires a working knowledge of families within community systems and application to pediatric case management practice
• Requires a high level of analytical ability to work with complex patients/families medical and social problems across the continuum
• Communication and interpersonal skills which demonstrate effective collaboration with patient, family and health care team members across the continuum
• Computer skills desired including: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel

Benefits

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.