Case Manager Job El Paso area,Texas USA,Nursing

Description

PURPOSE OF POSITION

To serve as a member of the team to provide appropriate and adequate professional nursing care as prescribed by the physician in compliance with applicable RN licensure and agency policies and procedures to those patients who desire to receive hospice care.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Listed below is an outline of the essential duties and responsibilities that will be required. Administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary to perform the assigned duties under the supervision of the Team Leader are delegated to the Case Manager.

Every effort has been made to make your job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is a logical assignment to the position.

DUTIES

AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Skilled Nursing Services

Performs physical, psycho-social and spiritual assessment at start of care and establishes plan of treatment in cooperation with remainder of IDG members. Submits paperwork within 24 hours of assessment.

Performs intermittent skilled nursing evaluation on assigned patients. Documentation within 24 hours of evaluation.

Assess and documents current pain level and outcome with every visit. Complete pain assessment minimum of once per week on all patients assigned.

Instructs patient’s family and caregivers as appropriate to overcome identified knowledge deficits, documents in notes and home charts.

Reports changes in patient’s condition to Team Leader weekly and physician as appropriate.

Obtains physician orders and implements interventions and changes in treatment as appropriate. Documents phone contact that same day.

Monitors medication levels at each visit, insuring the patient always has sufficient quantity, but adjusts levels to coordinate with patients declining status.

Makes appropriate referrals to other disciplines, recognizing need for additional assistance.

Initiates prescribed treatment and evaluates medication effectiveness as designated in the POT within 24 hours of implementation.

Makes visits at the time of death of patient to pronounce death as authorized by the attending physician.

Coordinates minimum of 3 visits per week with SS for all hospitalized patients.

Visits all patients within 24 hours of hospital discharge.

Makes follow up visits within 24 hours of SOC, completing the plan of care and the CNA plan of care.

Administration

Provides appropriate documentation at start of care visit within 24 hours of admission.

Revises POT minimum of every 2 weeks, more often PRN with changes in level of care, medication, treatment, and informs all members of IDG of all changes. Insures care plan matches visit notes.

Provides appropriate documentation of intermittent skilled nursing visits and all patient related telephone calls within 24 hours of contact.

Coordinates placement of appropriate paper work on hospital chart for hospitalized patients within 24 hours of hospitalizations.

Provides instruction, leadership, and direction to LVNs as needed.

Provides instruction, leadership, and direction to CNAs as well as supervisory performance evaluations every 14 days.

Clears all chart deficiencies every week with HIMS.

Transcribes orders from physicians and updates medications and records daily. Informing all necessary team members. Documenting all communication.

Updates home medication record with every visit.

Prepares bi-weekly patient care reports. Has a report available 2 days prior to care conference. Documents minimum of 1 phone contact with family every week for all patients in nursing facilities or foster homes.

Complies with agency policies and procedures, mission and values statement.

Attends PCC at nursing facility PRN, informs IDG of outcome.

Provides accurate care status report every Monday to Team Leader.

Revises CNA care plan.

Provides leadership, supervision to personnel when assigned.

Provides shift report daily to Team Leader at assigned time and format.

Executes duties as assigned by the Team Leader.

Covers after hours and…


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