Registered Nurse; RN Case Manager - Home Care

RN Case Manager

The RN Case Manager is responsible for the delivery of comprehensive nursing care to a set of assigned patients at a specific point in time. This involves the assessment of patient and family needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of an appropriate Plan of Care, making changes in response to changing patient needs. The RN Case Manager identifies appropriate interdisciplinary services needed, coordinates those services and supervises Private Duty Nurses (PDN) as applicable.

Responsibilities include identifying and prioritizing health problems based on assessment, developing or implementing an interdisciplinary Plan of Care based on the needs identified during the assessment, managing and coordinating patient care, exhibiting proficiency and accuracy in the completion of comprehensive assessment/documentation, planning, organizing and prioritizing care needs for an assigned caseload of patients, communicating all changes in patient status and/or service needs to the appropriate care team member, facilitating the development and implementation of patient discharge plans as indicated, documenting all patient care and coordinating activities per agency standards, assessing the need for additional services and obtaining orders and arranging care as indicated, and supervising and evaluating care provided by Licensed Practical Nurses and/or home health aides in the performance of his/her patient care duties.

Required qualifications include a diploma or associate's degree in nursing, a registered nurse license in New York State, and a valid NYS driver's license. Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree in nursing, one year of nursing experience, and prior home health, clinical and direct patient care experience.