Registered Nurse Case Manager

<p><em>Reports To: Director of Clinical Services&nbsp;</em></p> <h2><strong>About Luminary Hospice:</strong></h2> <p>At Luminary Hospice, we are a mission-driven organization that empowers our team members to shape our culture in order to allow them to provide the highest quality support to patients and families throughout their entire end-of-life journey.</p> <p>Our mission is to deliver personalized care that radiates compassion and preserves dignity for all that we are honored to serve on their end-of-life journey. We are centered on caring for the whole person – with expert medical care, pain management as well as emotional and spiritual support along with resources, information, and emotional support for families and caregivers.&nbsp;</p> <h3><strong>About the role:</strong></h3> <p>The Registered Nurse Case Manager plans, organizes, and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with an emphasis on community health education/experience.&nbsp; The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <h3><strong>Job Responsibilities:</strong></h3> <p><strong><em>Patient Care</em></strong><strong><em>&nbsp;</em></strong></p> <ol> <li>Completes an initial, comprehensive, and ongoing comprehensive assessment of the patient and family to determine hospice needs. &nbsp;Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).&nbsp;</li> <li>Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of the nursing process.&nbsp;</li> <li>Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by:&nbsp;</li> <li>Writing and initiating a plan of care&nbsp;</li> <li>Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs&nbsp;</li> <li>Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary&nbsp;</li> <li>Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.&nbsp;</li> <li>Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.&nbsp;</li> <li>Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.&nbsp;</li> <li>Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. &nbsp;Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.&nbsp;</li> <li>Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.&nbsp;</li> <li>Provides health care instructions to