Palliative RN Case Manager for WellMed - Corpus Christi, TX

• Conducts medical home visits on established Bridges in Complex Care patients performing a hands-on exam at each visit


• Conducts urgent/acute visits on established Bridges in Complex Care patients with the goal of keeping the patient out of the hospital in order to receive the best medical care at home


• Provides ongoing assessments of the impact of life-limiting chronic illness on the patient's physical, functional, psychosocial and environmental needs


• Assess for caregiver burnout, and provide community resources when appropriate


• Implement the individualized plan of care and recommend revisions to the plan as necessary


• Ability to perform procedures, to include, but not limited to:Wound care and dressing changes, Phlebotomy, Injection (B12, vaccines)


• Ability to conduct an advanced care discussion with a patient and their family and properly document their wishes in the electronic medical record


• Consults and educates the patient/family and other caregivers regarding the disease process, pain and symptom management, end of life care and processes for dealing with issues of ethical concern


• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures when appropriate


• Ensure continual assessment of patient and family needs from admission to Bridges in Complex Care throughout the course of care


• Provides ongoing evaluation of the patient and family/caregiver response to care, and recommends alteration of the plan when necessary


• Attends the interdisciplinary meeting and is a crucial and vocal member of the team


• Solves problems by gathering and/or reviewing facts and selecting the best solution from identified alternatives.  Decision making is usually based on prior practice or policy, with some interpretation.  Applies individual reasoning to the solution of a problem devising or modifying processes and writing procedures


• Conducts telephonic nursing follow up and case management when necessary


• Serves as a resource or consultant for LVN


• Attends educational offerings to keep abreast of palliative care and complies with licensing requirements


• Establishes a trusting relationship with identified patients, caregivers, clinic staff members and physicians


• Collaborates with the providers to recommend policies, procedures and standards which affect the care of the Bridges in Complex Care Patient


• Exhibits professionalism and is courteous with all patients, physicians and co-workers


• Informs the provider of patient's needs and outcomes of interventions as per standards


• Determines the scope and frequency of services needed based on acuity and patient/family needs


• Coordinates all patient/family services and prioritization of needs with the members of the interdisciplinary team


• Documents in the electronic health record progress toward established goals as per standards


• Uses the case management approach and refers to other services as needed


• Maintains a patient case load, daily visits and point of care documentation levels as per standards


• Participates with the on-call rotation schedule and weekends as assigned


• Performs all other related nursing duties as assigned

 Preferred Qualifications: 

• Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing certification


• 2+ years of hospice experience


• Bilingual (Spanish/English)

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