Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager, Hospice
UPMC - Hamot
Erie, PA

Hospice Nurse Case Manager

Family Hospice is hiring a Hospice Nurse Case Manager to join its team in Erie! This is a Full-Time position working mainly Monday-Friday, noon to 8:00 PM. On-call shifts and rotating weekends are required. Join the team that's providing the highest quality of home health care in our communities. With state-of-the-art safety protocols and the support of an academic medical center, UPMC Family Hospice has demonstrated a continued commitment to keeping both our patients and our employees safe and healthy. Job title and salary will be based on qualifications and career ladder requirements. Responsibilities: * Provide nursing services in the patient's place of residence following physician plan of care and agency policies. * Ability to assess and interpret patient data needed to identify requirements relative to the population * Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and families. * Documents timely in the electronic health record * Participates in on call hours coverage Qualifications: * Zero (0) to two (2) years of experience preferred. * Six (6) months of nursing experience in an Acute Care or Skilled Care Facility or Home Health or Hospice Care preferred. * BSN preferred. * Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families. Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment. * Successful completion of Home Health/Hospice Orientation upon hire. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: * Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located. * Graduate nurses must complete licensure examination within SIX (6) MONTHS of hire or within one year of graduation, whichever comes first. Though temporary permits are valid for one year from the date of graduation, not one year from issue of permit (or until the results of the examination are known at which time it becomes null and void), UPMC requires that GNs take the licensure examination within 6 months of their start date or they will be terminated or demoted from the GN position, at the discretion of the BU. * Automotive Insurance * Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) * Driver's License * Act 33 * Act 34 * OAPSA * Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state. UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran