Registered Nurse Case Manager - CHANS Home Health & Hospice

Full Time 60 Baribeau Drive Nursing Day Shift CHANS Home Health & Hospice | MaineHealth The Home Care Case Manager supports CHANS HomeCare's mission, vision, and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence, competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, patient and family centered care, commitment to our community, and accountability. In accordance with national standards of nursing practice and within the guidelines and policies and procedures of both CHANS and the Maine State Board of Nursing, the Home Care Nurse provides highly reliable, evidenced based, patient-family centered quality care through assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation of the effects of nursing care. Care delivery and coordination of patient and family care begins with the initial contact with the health care system and may continue across the continuum. Services may be provided on an outpatient, and/or community basis. A Home Health Nurse is responsible for traveling to a patient's home to administer their services and helping patients maintain their independence. To meet the patient's safety and healthcare needs, the case manager works with the provider, interdisciplinary team, the patient and family to facilitate a plan of current care and coordinate any required follow-up care to promote a balance of quality and cost-effective care. Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): *

Education: Bachelor's Degree preferred. * License/Certifications: Active nursing license. Current, valid driver's license to operate a motor vehicle, with vehicle available for work covered by liability insurance as specified by agency policy. Current certification in Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers. * Experience: Negotiable. * Understanding of health care reimbursement preferred * Proficient computer and communication skills