RN Case Manager - Short Term Care

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Full-Time Willmar, MN, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $86,328.27 To $97,219.65 Annually

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.

Job Relationships:

• Reports to:
  
  Director of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing.
• Supervises:
  Monitors and directs staff RNs, LPNs, TMAs and CNAs 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 holiday rotation will be every 5th weekend, evening shift 2:30pm-10:30pm.

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 residents 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
• Assists LPNs or staff RNs with disciplinary action as needed.
• Assist 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…