RN Case Manager (Hospice) Full-Time
VitalHires · Paradise, NV · 1 mo ago
Healthcare$83k–$90k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The description includes a paragraph about role. Use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only sections with real content.
We have description: "The RN Case Manager provides direct palliative care..." That's about the role. Then there is a paragraph "Description Provides direct palliative care..." That's also description. We can combine into About the role.
Responsibilities: The list under "Essential Job Functions:" includes many duties. Those are responsibilities.
Requirements: There's a "Requirements" heading? Actually there is "Requirements" then "Essential Job Functions:" under that. Then later "Specific to Job Position:" maybe also requirements. Also "Physical/Safety Requirements:" and "Qualifications and Experience:" separate.
We need to map: Requirements section likely includes essential job functions and maybe specific to job position? But we have separate Qualifications and Experience. So we can have:
- About the role (description)
- Responsibilities (Essential Job Functions)
- Requirements (maybe combine Specific to Job Position and Physical/Safety Requirements? But those are more like requirements too. However we also have Qualifications and Experience separate. The instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. So we can have:
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Let's copy them:
- Fosters and maintains an effective working relationship between co-workers, patients, and other professional members of the community
- Follows an individualized Plan of Care established by the interdisciplinary team for each patient
- Manages overall care to assigned patients encompassing coordination of all hospice disciplines
- Assists the hospice interdisciplinary team in establishing and maintaining the individualized plan of care and treatment goals for each assigned patient
- Gathers, reports, and analyzes patient care data and implements care accordingly
- Capable of giving adequate report on patient’s condition to the Hospice Medical Director, members of the interdisciplinary team, other nurses and supervisors as needed
- Immediately reports any changes to the Hospice Medical Director and interdisciplinary team
- Reports unusual conditions, observations and pertinent information to the physician or Director of Nursing
- Understands/provides basic principles of palliative care/pain management within the Scope of Practice
- Complies with all documentation policies/procedures
- Completes appropriate documentation in a legible and timely manner
- Utilizes appropriate chain of command
- Supervises and delegates duties to Certified Nurse Aides and Licensed Practical Nurses
- Participates in Interdisciplinary Team Meetings and other Performance Improvement Activities
- Pronouncement of Death with previously established physician orders; RN may pronounce death
- Calls coroner and/or patient’s mortuary of choice and completes process related to removal of body from location of death
- Provides intervention and support as needed related to terminal illness and loss
- Provides emotional and spiritual support and makes appropriate referrals to other team members
- Assesses and address depression and fear associates with terminal illness
- Facilitates communication among patient, family, and hospice team
- Identifies caregiver strain which may necessitate respite care relief, and or support
- Educates and assist the patient and family to complete Advance Directives upon patient/family request
- Provides personal care as assigned by the Interdisciplinary Team, Hospice Physician and Director of Clinical Operations which may consist of, but not limited to:
- Nursing assessment/reassessment
- Medication management, administration, and teaching
- Providing comfort measures
- Insertion/maintenance/removal of foley catheters
- Insertion/maintenance/removal of various IV catheters for pain control/comfort
- Application/adjustment of oxygen, IV, NG, G-Tube and other invasive lines as ordered by the physician.
- Vital signs (B/P, T, P, R)
- Assists with ambulation/transfers
- Follows the State of Nevada Nurse Practice Act during all patient care activities
- Follows policy and Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice for clinical care
- Other duties as assigned
We need to keep sub-items? The instruction: use
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only sections with real content.
We have description: "The RN Case Manager provides direct palliative care..." That's about the role. Then there is a paragraph "Description Provides direct palliative care..." That's also description. We can combine into About the role.
Responsibilities: The list under "Essential Job Functions:" includes many duties. Those are responsibilities.
Requirements: There's a "Requirements" heading? Actually there is "Requirements" then "Essential Job Functions:" under that. Then later "Specific to Job Position:" maybe also requirements. Also "Physical/Safety Requirements:" and "Qualifications and Experience:" separate.
We need to map: Requirements section likely includes essential job functions and maybe specific to job position? But we have separate Qualifications and Experience. So we can have:
- About the role (description)
- Responsibilities (Essential Job Functions)
- Requirements (maybe combine Specific to Job Position and Physical/Safety Requirements? But those are more like requirements too. However we also have Qualifications and Experience separate. The instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. So we can have:
About the role
... (description)
Responsibilities
- ... list items from Essential Job Functions
Requirements
Maybe include Specific to Job Position and Physical/Safety Requirements? But those are more like requirements. However we also have Qualifications and Experience separate. The posting includes "Qualifications and Experience:" heading. So we should have a Qualifications section. Thus: - Requirements: maybe combine "Specific to Job Position" and "Physical/Safety Requirements"? But they are more like job-specific requirements and physical requirements. Could be separate sections: Requirements (maybe essential job functions already covered). But we already used Responsibilities for essential job functions. So Requirements could be things like "Must be currently licensed..." etc. That's qualifications. Actually the posting has "Qualifications and Experience:" separate. So we should put that under Qualifications. Thus we need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule? Pay and Schedule: we have Salary $83,000 - $90,000/yr (Pay). Schedule? Not explicitly given; maybe full-time, on-site. Could infer schedule but not given. We should not create Schedule unless posting states it. It does not state schedule details besides full-time. So we omit Schedule. Benefits: we have a list: Welcoming Culture, Paid Time Off, NV Paid Leave, Medical Insurance, Dental & Vision Insurance, Voluntary Ancillary Insurance, Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, 401k with Company Match, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Discount Program, Uniforms. That's benefits. Pay: Salary range. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay. We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Now extract content. About the role: combine first paragraph and description paragraph. First sentence: "The RN Case Manager provides direct palliative care to terminally ill patients and manages the overall care coordination within an interdisciplinary team. They are responsible for assessing patient needs, administering medications, and facilitating communication between the patient, family, and the hospice team." Then description paragraph: "Provides direct palliative care to terminally ill patients and their families while functioning within a medically approved plan of care. Demonstrates proficiency in triaging patient emergencies both in person and on the phone while effectively communicating patient needs and concerns to the correct member of the hospice team." We can merge into one. Responsibilities: list from Essential Job Functions. Need to capture each bullet. The list is long, each line starts with a verb. We'll extract each line as
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For nested list maybe we can flatten or keep nested
- . Probably okay to have nested lists.
We'll keep the main list items; for the sublist under "Provides personal care as assigned..." we can make a nested
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Qualifications: from "Qualifications and Experience:" section.
List:
- Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse by the State Board of Nursing in the State of Nevada
- Prefer 1 year experience as a registered nurse in hospice, home health or geriatric care
- Successful completion of a background check pursuant to NRS 449.188 and NRS 179A.100 along with a pre-employment drug screen and physical, TB testing, previous employment and reference checking, and an MVR (may include verification of education)
- Must read, speak, write, and understand the English language
- CPR/First Aid certification is required
- Must be able to handle frequent interruptions
- Must be able to cope with emotionally charged situations encompassing, patients, families, and other caregivers
- Must be available for prescheduled on-call hours, weekends, and holidays
- Must have reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license, and current auto insurance
Also maybe "Specific to Job Position" and "Physical/Safety Requirements" could be considered qualifications? But we already have Qualifications section. However those are also requirements. But we could include them under Requirements section if we want. But we already used Responsibilities for essential job functions. We could have a Requirements section for "Specific to Job Position" and "Physical/Safety Requirements". However the instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could merge those into Qualifications as they are also requirements. But we already have Qualifications and Experience heading; we could treat that as Qualifications. The Specific to Job Position and Physical/Safety Requirements are more like job-specific requirements and physical requirements; they could be part of Qualifications as well. But to avoid too many sections, we can incorporate them into Qualifications as additional bullet points.
Let's extract Specific to Job Position bullets:
- Adheres to patient rights, abuse reporting and confidentiality policies
- Attends scheduled staff meetings and/or in-service training
- Adheres to departmental dress code requirements related to uniform, personal grooming, and other attire
- Demonstrates reliability by making every attempt to report to work on time, providing proper notification for absences or tardiness and participating in required meetings
- Demonstrates ability to problem-solve and make decisions by assessing situations and considering alternatives, seeking guidance and direction as necessary, utilizing proper chain of command
- Demonstrates effective time management skills by coordinating activities to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency, willingness to adjust or revise work schedules as requested
- Assumes responsibility for on-going personal development and continuing education
- Stays current with all mandatory agency and regulatory requirements
- Completes assigned projects within specified time frames
Physical/Safety Requirements bullets:
- Must have the strength and endurance required for standing, walking, lifting, bending, going up and down stairs, and pushing and pulling, on a consistent basis up to 50 lbs.
- Must utilize appropriate durable medical equipment as needed in a safe manner
- Uses appropriate body mechanics for safe patient care
- Category 1 for potential exposure to blood/body fluids. (Requires the performance of procedures or other tasks in the work routine that involve an inherent potential for mucous membrane or skin contact with blood, body fluids or tissues, or a potential for spills or splashes of them. Protective measures should be used while engaged in Category 1 tasks with exposure potential.)
- Must utilize appropriate PPE as needed
- Follows the designated plan of action in the event of a fire or other emergency/disaster
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, work-related stresses, and driving hazards
- This individual may be required to drive to meetings with clients, health care professionals or patients’ homes
- The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the employer will provide reasonable accommodations to meet the work environmental and physical demands listed above.
We could include these under Qualifications as well, but they'd be many. Perhaps better to have a separate Requirements section for these (Specific to Job Position and Physical/Safety). However we already used Responsibilities for essential job functions. We could have Requirements for those two categories combined.
But we also have Qualifications and Experience separate. So we could have:
- About the role
- Responsibilities (Essential Job Functions)
- Requirements (Specific to Job Position + Physical/Safety Requirements)
- Qualifications (Licensure, experience, etc.)
- Benefits
- Pay
That seems reasonable and not too many sections.
Let's do that.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only.
We'll wrap each section in
heading then content. For lists, use
. We must not include any extra text like explanations. Let's craft. About the role: combine two paragraphs into one
maybe two sentences.
The RN Case Manager provides direct palliative care to terminally ill patients and manages the overall care coordination within an interdisciplinary