Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager, Hospice
Company: Amedisys Inc
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Overview:
Full Time Days. Are you a highly skilled and compassionate registered nurse (RN) looking for a rewarding career in hospice as a case manager? If so, we invite you to join our team at Amedisys, one of the largest and most trusted home health and hospice companies in the U.S.
What's in it for you:
- Attractive pay: $80-82k
- Community-based care centers with a supportive and inclusive work environment.
- Better work/life balance and increased flexibility compared to other settings.
- Job stability and the opportunity to advance with a growing company.
- The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families providing much needed care where they want to be - in their homes.
Responsibilities:
- Performs patient assessments and collaborates with the care team to develop and implement a plan of care.
- Makes referrals to other hospice care disciplines as needed or documents rationale for not doing so.
- Develops, prepares, and maintains individualized patient care progress records with accuracy, timeliness and according to care center policies.
- Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate.
- Teaches patients, families, and caregivers appropriate patient care techniques.
- Regularly communicates with clinical manager and care team.
- Performs on-call responsibilities and on-call services to patients/families as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- One year of nursing experience.
- Current RN license, specific to the state(s) you are assigned to work.
- Current CPR certification.
- Valid driver's license, reliable transportation and liability insurance.
Pay:
Average Texas Staff Position Pay: $50.98/hour. The average salary for a Hospice is 13% higher than the US average of $44. Estimate based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.
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