Registered Nurse Case Manager

LHC Group - Aiken, SC

Full-time - Entry Level

Aiken, SC

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Registered Nurse Case Manager at Trinity Hospice is responsible for delivering comprehensive nursing care to hospice patients, ensuring their physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs are met. This role emphasizes building trusting relationships with patients and their families, coordinating care plans, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to provide high-quality end-of-life care. The position requires continuous evaluation of care delivery and personal performance to enhance productivity and care quality.

Responsibilities

• Assumes full nursing responsibility for the delivery of the Plan of Care for each hospice patient.
• Continuously evaluates personal and professional performance and makes necessary changes to increase productivity and quality of care delivered.
• Makes the initial nursing evaluation to determine eligibility for hospice services within forty-eight (48) hours of referral.
• Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and reassesses as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
• Initiates and coordinates the plan of care.
• Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.
• Collaborates with the patient/family, attending physician, and other members of the IDG in providing patient and family care daily.
• Instructs and supervises the patient/family in self-care techniques when appropriate.
• Maintains accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure in the state of practice.
• One year of clinical experience.
• Current CPR Certification.
• Current driver's license and valid vehicle insurance.
• Access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation.

Benefits

• Employee-focused wellness and support programs
• Incredible team support and empathetic leadership