(RN) Home Health Case Manager - Cullman County, AL - ProHealth Home Heatlh

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing
• Currently licensed in the state(s) in which practicing
• Two (2) years’ nursing experience, preferred
• Acceptance of philosophy and goals of this Agency
• Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment

Responsibilities

• Provides services in accordance with the plan of care
• Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs
• Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions
• Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures
• Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy
• Counsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs
• Participates in and presents inservice programs
• Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and procedures
• Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition
• Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries
• Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patient
• Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills
• Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel
• Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/her care
• Participates in peer review and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement as assigned
• Gives total patient care as needed
• Takes on-call duty nights, weekends and holidays, as assigned
• Completes and submits OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time frames
• Appropriately utilizes ICD-10 codes