Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager

** Who We’re Looking For:
**** Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager
** to join our team and provide patients and families with the support and care they need during life’s most challenging moments.
** About Well Care Health:
** At
* Well Care Health*, we want you to do what you love and do it well. We’re a team of compassionate and committed professionals here to support you on your journey to success. A career at Well Care is more than just a job, it’s a way of life. Work for the best. Learn from the best. Be the Best.
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* Key Responsibilities:

** Provide skilled nursing care to hospice patients, focusing on pain management, symptom relief, and emotional support.

Manage a caseload of patients, develop personalized care plans, and coordinate care with the hospice team.

Educate patients and families about the hospice process, end-of-life care, and coping strategies.

Assess patient needs regularly, report changes in condition, and adjust care plans accordingly.

Offer emotional support to families and provide guidance throughout the hospice journey.
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* What we offer:

** Competitive salary

Medical, Vision, Dental
401k with matching

Tuition reimbursement

Continued opportunities for growth and development
* Well Care Health is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
* The Registered Nurse Case Manager is responsible for providing services to hospice patients based on initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessments of the patient’s needs and ensuring interdisciplinary collaboration in the development of a patient specific plan of care based on identified needs. The RN Case Manager is responsible for the provision of direct nursing services in accordance with the plan of care.
** PRIMARY JOB DUTIES
** 1. Complete the initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessment of patient and family/caregiver needs and provide direct or supervised nursing services based on a developed plan of care.
2.  Develop an individualized plan of care, in collaboration with the hospice interdisciplinary team, patient, and family, based on assessment, identification of needs, and patient and family/caregiver goals and preferences. Incorporate palliative nursing interventions.  
3.  Communicate with the physician (Attending and Hospice) regarding the patient’s needs, response to treatment, and changes in the patient’s condition; obtain/receive physician orders as required.  
4.  Work closely with other members of the IDG, and in cooperation with family/caregiver to provide holistic physical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual services, including bereavement support to the patient and family to achieve the highest quality of care.  
5.  Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations in dealing with all members of the agency.  
6.  Effectively demonstrates the mission, vision and values of the Agency on a daily basis.
** 1.0 45% QUALITY OF WORK
** 1.1 15%
Utilizing all aspects of the Nursing Process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) with appropriate skill to effectively carry out the Plan of Care for each patient as evidenced by:
* Assessing the patients’ and family/caregivers’ physical, psychosocial, bereavement, environmental, safety, and developmental needs.
* Implementing the Hospice Plan of Care as prescribed by the physician and in conjunction with the other members of the interdisciplinary group, and revising the Hospice Plan of Care as patients’ needs change.
* Providing care to patients and families through the utilization of interventions and evaluation of outcomes of care.
* Managing all aspects of the patient’s plan of care, based on the changing needs of the patient and family/caregiver, to anticipate, prevent, treat, and manage pain and other undesirable symptoms through ongoing communication of collected data and assessment findings, and collaborating with other interdisciplinary team members.
* Provide support, instruction, and education of the patient, family and other caregivers who participate in the care of the patient in relation to needs identified on the plan of care, including, but not limited to: disease process and…