Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager Job Greensboro area,North Carolina USA,Nursing

Who We’re Looking For:

Are you a skilled and empathetic Registered Nurse with a passion for providing compassionate care at the end of life? Well Care Health is looking for a dedicated 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.

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.

Primary

Job Duties

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.

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.

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.

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.

Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations in dealing with all members of the agency.

Effectively demonstrates the mission, vision and values of the Agency on a daily basis.

Quality of Work (45%)

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 progression, medications, pain, symptoms associated with disease, oxygen safety, hospice philosophy, and care of the terminally ill.

1.2 15%

Effectively and efficiently assists in the care of hospice patients and assists in the coordination of care with the interdisciplinary team.
Maintains open communication and coordination of care, acting as a liaison between hospice medical provider, patient/family, and hospice team.
Performs ongoing assessment of the patient based on the Plan of Care and communicates findings to the Hospice Physician and other interdisciplinary team members as appropriate.
Performs and reports assessment findings of the patient’s pain and other undesirable symptoms to the Hospice Physician in a timely manner.
Maintains an accurate and updated medical record, including all coordination of care notes, on‑going assessments, communications with others involved in patient’s care, and any other information pertinent to the care of the…