RN Case Manager - Hospice - FT

About the role

Join our not-for-profit organization that has provided over 100 years of housing and services to seniors with a commitment to quality care and service in a Christian environment. Facility: North Mandan Clinic, Mandan, ND. Address: 910 18th St NW, Mandan, ND 58554, USA.

Responsibilities

• Provides care to assigned patients in a caring, safe, and efficient manner and provides leadership to staff.
• Seeks to evaluate outcomes based on integration of clinical, financial, and utilization data.
• Defines the unit of care (family and patient).
• Demonstrates knowledge of hospice palliative care, hospice philosophy, and scope of services.
• Recognizes different cultural attitudes and values towards death and dying.
• Identifies the five stages of grieving process.
• Explains advanced directives, clinical requirements, and interdisciplinary services available.
• Utilizes independent nursing judgment when integrating health care.
• Participates in creation of the plan of care and ensures the plan of care is implemented by the interdisciplinary group.
• Has knowledge of and utilizes appropriate age‑specific structured care methodologies (protocols/integrated clinical pathways/guidelines/standards of care) for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patients/residents.
• Interviews potential residents and assesses residents in compliance with regulations, policy, and procedure.
• Uses assessment information for admission and continued stay in the hospice community.
• Establishes a service plan for each resident and evaluates on an ongoing basis.
• Communicates with patients/residents, family members, and others on the health care team.
• Demonstrates independence, assertiveness, and critical thinking when working with patients and co‑workers.
• Documents clearly.
• Solves problems.
• Self‑motivated; works with little direction.
• Incorporates teaching/learning principles and adapts teaching to age group.
• Facilitates groups and implements projects when necessary.
• Establishes priorities, demonstrates strong flexibility and organizational skills.
• Knowledgeable about reimbursement for services provided.
• Works primarily day hours, scheduled weekends, and occasional evenings.
• May be exposed to communicable or infectious disease, hazardous materials, and injury from performance of assigned duties.
• Subject to multiple sensory and environmental stressors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing strongly preferred.
• Graduate from an accredited nursing program (CCNE, ACEN, or NLN CNEA).
• Minimum of two years’ clinical experience preferred.
• Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where practice occurs and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
• Obtains and maintains required department‑specific competencies and certifications.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Benefits

Good Samaritan offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full‑time and part‑time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home‑work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits.

Pay

Salary Range: $36.50 - $51.00 per hour.

Schedule

Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts. Job Schedule: Full time. Weekly Hours: 40.00. Flexible scheduling available. M‑F Day Hours. Mileage paid monthly for travel within a 60‑mile radius at the competitive federal rate for mileage reimbursement.