Hospice RN​/Case Manager

Location: Marion, Delaware, OH & Surrounding Counties
Employment Type: Full-Time
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (Flexible)
On-Call: Participation in on-call rotation required

We continue to grow and are looking for compassionate healthcare professionals to join our team

Tranquility Hospice is a locally owned and operated hospice organization committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered end-of-life care.

As a Tranquility Hospice RN/Case Manager, you will play an important role in each patient’s hospice journey by providing skilled nursing care with compassion, dignity, and respect.

Being of service to others is more than a career; it is a calling. Tranquility Hospice is committed to supporting our employees as they pursue their personal and professional goals. We foster a supportive, team-oriented environment built around the belief that hospice care should honor and celebrate life.

If you are looking to make a difference and use your nursing experience and compassion to serve patients and families in the communities where we live and work, join our team today.

The RN/Case Manager is a member of the hospice interdisciplinary group (IDG) and works collaboratively with physicians, nursing staff, hospice aides, social workers, chaplains, and other members of the care team to address the physical, medical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients and their families.

The RN/Case Manager coordinates and provides nursing care in accordance with the patient’s individualized Plan of Care, performs ongoing assessments, communicates changes in condition, provides patient and caregiver education, and helps ensure services remain responsive to the patient’s changing needs.

• Plan, coordinate, and provide hospice nursing care in accordance with the patient’s individualized Plan of Care.
• Perform ongoing nursing assessments and evaluate changes in the patient’s condition, symptoms, functional status, and care needs.
• Utilize the nursing process, including assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation.
• Coordinate patient care with members of the interdisciplinary team, patients, families, caregivers, and other healthcare providers.
• Communicate significant changes in patient condition to the appropriate physician, Hospice Medical Director, and interdisciplinary team.
• Obtain and implement medical orders in accordance with applicable law, professional scope of practice, and organizational policy.
• Assist with symptom management, comfort-focused care, medication management, and other nursing interventions appropriate to hospice care.
• Maintain continuity of care throughout the patient’s hospice experience.

• Participate in the development, review, implementation, and ongoing update of the patient’s individualized Plan of Care.
• Identify changes in patient or caregiver needs and coordinate appropriate updates to interventions and services.
• Ensure the Plan of Care reflects current clinical needs, goals, physician orders, and interdisciplinary recommendations.
• Participate in interdisciplinary group meetings, case conferences, and other care-planning activities.

• Educate patients, families, and caregivers regarding the hospice philosophy, disease progression, symptom management, medications, safety, the dying process, and the patient’s Plan of Care.
• Provide guidance and support to patients and caregivers regarding healthcare decisions within the scope of the RN role.
• Reinforce education throughout the course of care as patient and family needs change.
• Provide education and clinical guidance to referral sources and other care partners as appropriate.

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