Registered Nurse (RN) Job Description
JOB SUMMARY: The Hospice Nurse Case Manager plans and delivers care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, interventions, implementation, and evaluation; and effectively interact with patient, significant other, and other interdisciplinary team members while maintaining standards of professional nursing and clinical competency.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Must be a Registered Nurse licensed to practice in this state who has at least two (2) years healthcare related experience. One (1) year in hospice preferred.
• Must be able to relate positively and favorably to the patients, families, and outside agencies and to work cooperatively with other Employees.
• Must demonstrate autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility, and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.
RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to):
Operates under the Medical Director’s orders.
Responsible for identifying and coordinating patient/family care to support terminally ill patients and
families in home, skilled nursing facility or residential care facility. Frequency of patient / family contacts
will be at the discretion of the Case Manager and his/her assessment of need, but will be a minimum of
once per week. The Case Manager endeavors to utilize teaching, assessment, and intervention skills to
provide comfort care and maximize the quality of life for the patients and families.
Depending on the acuity of the patient, the Case Manager is expected to make 4-5 visits per day withdocumentation.