Ingalls Home Care RN Case Manager

Job Description

Join UChicago Medicine Home Care
as an RN Case Manager.

The Registered Nurse/Case Manager plans
, organizes and directs home care services and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.

• Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Develops a care plan which establishes goals, and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions, as well psychosocial support as needed. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Monitors patient response to interventions.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
• Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician on Plan of Care, patient progress, and assessments / reassessments as indicated in agency policy.
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports and changes in patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians orders as required.
• Coordinates and communicates with other disciplines involved in care.
• Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan.
• Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
• Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
• Instructs, supervises and evaluates Home Health Aide care provided every fourteen days.
• Supervises and evaluates LPN care provided every thirty days.
• Commits to one hundred percent (100%) patient and customer satisfaction by always exhibiting a courteous and helpful manner during interactions with others, including patients, families, visitors, physicians, students and co-workers.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Current state of Illinois nursing license as an RN.
• Current CPR is required.
• Maintains a full-time position within the organization.
• One to two years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting required.
• One year of home health care experience preferred.
• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
• Possesses and maintains a valid driver’s license and current automobile insurance and has the availability of personal and dependable mode(s) of transportation to conduct home visits.

• This position requires the ability to perform medium work, exerting up to 50 pounds. Job frequently requires bending and lifting, push/pull maneuvers and occasionally carrying items that weigh > 20 pounds. Jobs frequently require standing, walking, reaching (floor to waist; waist to shoulder; above shoulder) and talking. Fine motor control/precision is required for tasks such as IVs and medication management. Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills is required in addition to see information in print and/or electronically.
  
  This position does involve exposure to chemicals/disinfectants and bodily fluids. This job does include travel to patient’s homes and other work-related places of business so the ability to operate a motor vehicle is required.

• Ingalls Home Care personnel are expected to participate in appropriate continuing education as may be requested and/or required by their immediate supervisor. In addition, personnel are expected to accept personal responsibility for other educational…