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Registered Nurse, RN - Patient Care Manager
Job Description:
- This Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for the overall direction of clinical services.
- Establish, implement and evaluate goals and objectives for home health services that meet and promote company standards of quality and contribute to the total organization and philosophy.
- Hire, train, orient, supervise and evaluate qualified Hospice interdisciplinary team personnel.
- Provide daily direction to the team, including all scheduling, care planning, documentation, productivity and all other patient care operations.
- Manage all patient care expenditures including but not limited to labor, pharmacy, DME, medical supplies and patient care mileage.
- Assure regulatory compliance including achieving and maintaining Hospice Medicare certification.
- Respond to customer complaints regarding patient care and assure all complaints are handled in accordance with Company policies and procedures and/or legal compliance requirements.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum age requirement of 18.
- Registered Nurse licensed in the state program is located
- Bachelor’s degree and C.H.P.N. (Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse) certification preferred
- Minimum of one year general nursing preferred with current Hospice, home health, medical, surgical or critical care experience. Experience with pain and symptom management interventions preferred.
- Ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting.
- Understanding of Hospice philosophy, principles of death/dying.
- Compliance with accepted professional standards and practices.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation that is insured in accordance with state and/or Odyssey requirements.
- Satisfactory references from employers and/or professional peers.
- Satisfactory criminal background check.
- Physical exam in accordance with state law requirements.
- Good physical stamina and mental health. Has presented a pre-employment physician’s health certification including a negative TB skin test and/or CXR and other tests as required by Odyssey’s policy and/ or state law.
- Demonstrate excellent observation, assessment, nursing judgment and communication skills. Ability to provide accurate written documentation in a timely manner.
- Self-directed with the ability to work with little supervision.
- Flexible and cooperative in fulfilling all obligations.
Job Benefits:
Odyssey offers employees a total rewards package including a competitive salary, flexible schedules for many positions, the opportunity to work one-on-one with patients, and excellent benefits including:
- *PPO or HMO medical insurance
*Dental insurance
*Vision insurance
*Company-paid Basic Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance with additional optional coverage
*Optional dependent Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance
*Optional Long-Term Disability coverage
*Short-term disability plan
*401(k) with a company match
*Tuition reimbursement
*Employee referral bonus
*Flexible spending accounts to set aside pre-tax dollars for childcare and medical care
*Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) plus selected holidays
*Employee recognition programs and an enjoyable work environment
About Odyssey:
At Odyssey HealthCare, we improve the quality of life for patients facing terminal diagnoses and provide support for their loved ones.
We've been meeting this need since 1996. Today, Odyssey is one of the largest hospice providers in the country, offering end-of-life care and support to thousands of patients and their families across the country each day.
Our teams of caregivers consist of registered nurses, physicians, home healthcare aides, social workers, chaplains, bereavement counselors and trained volunteers. Patients typically receive our services in their own homes or in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. But we also serve patients in hospitals or, in certain geographic locations, in Odyssey's own freestanding hospice facilities.
The commitment and spirit of Odyssey team members who provide care and support 24 hours a day/seven days a week is embodied in a simple phrase team members wear on their collars: “YCCOM: You Can Count on Me.”
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