Home Health Registered Nurse Case Manager

Company: Mission Healthcare
Location: Irvine
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

Mission Healthcare Services, is currently looking for a Registered Nurse Case Manager to join our Home Health Branch in Irvine, CA! If you are looking to start your Home Health Nursing Career with a supportive team, great work culture, flexibility to create your own schedule and more. The Registered Nurse Case Manager plans, organizes and directs home care services and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.Responsibilities

• Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan which establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.Requirements
  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. One to two years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting.
  • Current licensure in State, BLS hands-on CPR certification.
  • Valid driver's license and auto insurance.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred, with one to three years of home health care experience.
  • Management experience not required. Responsible for supervising home health aides.
  • Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
  • Prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position or transfer patients. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling or crouching. Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.Travel- This is a traveling position. Must maintain a valid driver's license, active auto insurance meeting state minimum requirements and an operational vehicle.$55 - $60 an hourMission Healthcare Family of Companies includes Mission Home Health, Mission Hospice, Moniker Hospice, Healthy Living at Home, Tender Care, Sun Tree, Hands of Hope, Advanced Healthcare Services, One Care and Compass at Home.EOE - M/F/Disabled/Veterans - Reasonable AccommodationIt is our business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

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