Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager, Hospice
LHC Group
Bloomington, MN

***Please note that the salary will be commensurate with experience. 

We are hiring for an RN Case Manager in Hospice 

At Caretenders Hospice, in Bloomington, MN, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here.  

As a Hospice RN, you can expect: 

• the ability to develop trusting relationships as an end-of-life care expert. 

• being valued and respected by patients and their families. 

• employee-focused wellness and support programs  

• incredible team support and empathetic leadership 

Take your nursing career to a new level of caring.  

• Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services during visit within forty-eight

(48) hours of referral.

• Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and re-assesses 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.
• Reports patient condition and any identified needs/issues to supervisor daily.
• Supervises and evaluates the home health aides/homemaker's ability to perform assigned duties every 14 days.
• Performs supervisory aide visits to the patient's residence every 14 days to assess whether goals are being met.
• Performs supervisory visits with the aide present per state regulations.
• Completes all required hospice assigned modules on-line on a monthly basis.
• Participates in daily nursing report on patients to supervisor and provides all necessary documentation.
• Performs 60 or 90 day record review for recertifications as appropriate.
• Follows processes and regulations for admissions and recertification of hospice patients and reviews findings with supervisor.
• Participates in Interdisciplinary Group Meeting (IDG) regarding patient care every 14 days.
• Participates in the QAPI plan and process on a daily basis identifying any problems to Administrator.
• Compliance with procedures and processes of ordering/obtaining medications ordered by the physician and included in the patients plan of care.
• Assures compliance when possible of medication regime within the specified formulary.
• Maintains up-to-date personnel file.
• Performs LPN Supervisory visits as assigned by supervisor and in accordance with state regulations.
• May fill-in as alternate if Executive Director/Director of Clinical Operations/Patient Care Manager is unavailable.
• Participates in on-call rotation.

Experience Requirements

• One year of clinical experience.

License Requirements

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