RN - Case Manager Home Health (Olney Region)

Sign-on bonus: $7,500 for candidates with greater than 1 year of experience. Relocation bonus: $2,500 for external candidates relocating more than 50 miles.

About the role

As a home care nurse, you will travel to patients' homes and provide healthcare services. Your responsibilities will include the coordination and provision of direct and indirect patient care using the nursing process to meet the physical, psychosocial, environmental, and spiritual needs of Carle Home Services specific patient populations and families throughout the geographical area. To be successful in the role, you will need proficient interpersonal skills, efficient time management, the ability to connect with patients, and the capability to provide high-quality healthcare with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates understanding of Medicare Home Care benefits including covered services, recertifications, transfers, and non-recertifications.
• Follows regulatory requirements regarding documentation standards and comprehends department-specific indicators.
• Performs case management activities: assessment, coordination, planning, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation.
• Interacts with clients, caregivers, and families to assess, plan care, arrange services, monitor, and provide support and education.
• Consistently completes all admission documentation within policy guidelines and returns documents to the office in a timely manner.
• Completes visit notes, telephone conversation records, and transmits them timely according to policy (includes physician orders, admission, routine, supervisory, telephone, and discharge notes).
• Ensures physician orders are written timely, corrections to care plans are entered and transmitted according to the timeline.
• Reviews verbal orders with MD office, documents as read-back, completes immediately, and transmits within the time frame established by policy.
• Ensures patient visit strings are added to the record to prevent missed visits.
• Completes Home Health Aide supervisory visits.
• Acts as the coordinator of the healthcare team to maintain proper linkages within the continuum of care.
• Collaboratively communicates and initiates case conferencing as necessary, documenting interactions with other disciplines, MDs, care coordinators, insurers, etc.
• Communicates pertinent information for patient care conferences on all admits.
• Practices in a manner sensitive to the needs of patients and families, providing care according to the plan of care and orders.
• Directs the activities of the licensed practical nurse.
• Makes home health aide assignments, prepares written instructions for the aide, and supervises the aide in the patient's home.
• Demonstrates adequate knowledge of State and Federal regulatory and accreditation guidelines.
• Performs OASIS assessments for admissions, recertifications, resumptions, and discharges.
• Performs complex wound care including wound vacs, packing, removal of staples or sutures.
• Monitors central lines including PICC and Hickman catheters and performs dressing changes per agency protocol.
• Accesses mediports for IV infusion and/or blood draws and flushes per agency protocol.
• Performs case management for patients assigned to your caseload.
• Communicates with MDs via phone or electronically regarding patient updates and condition changes.

Requirements

• Proof of Auto Insurance (varies)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days (American Heart Association - AHA)
• Valid Driver's License (Illinois Secretary of State - ILSOS)
• Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) (Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation - IDFPR)
• College Diploma in Nursing (Required)
• 1 year of nursing experience

About Us

At Carle Health, we're committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and communities. Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include eight award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College.

Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

Pay

The compensation range for this position is $35.87 per hour to $58.37 per hour. The actual compensation offered will be dependent on factors including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked, and compensation model.

Benefits

Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more, visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.