RN Case Manager

BETHESDA
CASE MANAGER
JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Summary: The Case Manager monitors, directs, and assists other unit staff to assure that care is delivered according to each resident's care plan, the Medical Plan of Care, and State/Federal regulations. The Case Manager serves as the nursing liaison for residents, families, physicians, interdisciplinary team members and outside service providers. This position is for our short-term stay facility.

Job Relationships:

Reports to:

Director of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing.

Supervises:
Monitors and directs staff RN's, LPN's, TMA's and CNA's to provide the highest quality resident care.

Internal Relationships:
Coordinates resident care with interdisciplinary team members and other professional providers.

External Contacts:
Resident family members, physicians, and other service providers.

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday and required weekend and holiday rotation. The position will be from 8:00am - 4:30pm. Every 5th weekend on a med-cart for evening shift.

Dress code:
Casual dress clothes or scrub uniform and Identification badge.

Essential Requirements of Work: (Minimum qualifications necessary to function at full productivity)

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Must be a Registered Nurse in MN
• CPR certified

Experience

• Minimum of two-years long-term care experience preferred.

Job Knowledge

• Working knowledge of Medicare, State/Federal regulations, and Case Mix.
• Experience in completing MDS's and the MDS process
• Skilled in work organization, time management, and delegation
• Possess and use a resident focus and service excellence philosophy.
• Possess a professional, courteous, and calm manner
• Have good communication skills in the English language

Physical Demands of the job:

Ability to work under moderate levels of stress

Requires frequent change of position to include: standing, sitting, walking, bending, and kneeling

Patient handlers must sign & comply with the Skilled Nursing Facility Safe Patient Handling Policy.

Mental Demands of the Job:

Judgement of Initiative: A wide variety of complex decisions are made. Initiative can be measured by timely accomplishments of assigned projects and predetermined goals.

Independent Action: A high degree of independent action necessary. The job requires self-motivation to function at full productivity.

Effect of Error- errors can result in poor resident care, budge discrepancies, staff problems, and unsafe environment.

Contact with others:
Position requires contact with virtually all persons associated with the nursing home.

Principle Job Responsibilities:

Responsibility:
Maintains the assigned unit to meet State and Federal regulations and facility standards:

Tasks:

Promotes and implements policy & procedures under the direction of the DON/ADON that assist the resident's in achieving their highest practicable physical, psychosocial, and spiritual function.

Directs, monitors, and assists unit staff to assure residents experience no preventable decline in function.

Monitors the quality of resident care on the unit and provides direction to unit staff to improve or maintain the highest quality care.

Serves as a resource person to unit staff in the areas of resident care, clinical practice, regulations, and facility policy.

Initiates disciplinary action when appropriate for unit staff and reports to DON/ADON

Assist's LPN's or staff RN's with disciplinary action as needed.

Assis with quality assurance of care as defined by the DON/ADON and Medical Director

Keeps DON/ADON current on any unusual or critical situations with residents, family and staff.

Makes recommendations to DON, ADON, or MDS Coordinator for improvement of care, needed supplies and equipment

Assists DON/ADON with performance evaluations of staff on the unit.

Participates in continuing education programs both inside and out of the facility

Other duties as assigned by DON/ADON

Responsibility:
Perform duties of RN House Supervisor position.

Tasks:

Performs physician rounds with resident's attending physicians.

Communicates any changes in or concerns about a resident's condition to the physician and seeks appropriate interventions

Transcribes physician orders…