AvoCare Palliative- LPN

Title: Nurse Care Manager

Part-time

Responsibilities:

·         Coordinate and provide home visits for palliative care patients who have a chronic or serious illness and need symptom management and/or education

·         Document in EMR- assessment, patient status, and outcome, goals of care needs, after each visit

·         Ensure regulatory compliance with documentation requirements

·         Adhere to HIPPA at all times

·         Identify patient needs and initiate appropriate goals updating as needed

·         Communicate and coordinate on a consistent basis with members of team, other healthcare  providers involved in pt care and Insurance Case Managers

·         Act as a liaison and advocate for PC patients admitted to the hospital

·         Participate and assist in any quality improvement or other studies involving palliative care

·         Ensure the plan of care for assigned patients is adhered to

·         Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and participate by providing patient updates

·         Participate in regular scheduled staff meetings and inservices

·         Additional duties as agreed upon to meet agency need

Job Qualifications:

·         RN or LPN with minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent experience

·         Past nursing experience should be in a transferable or applicable clinical venue

·         Currently licensed as a Registered or Practical Nurse to practice in the State of Arizona

·         Demonstrates clinical competency; ability to collaborate with others; ability to initiate and plan own work activities; effective time management skills and professionalism

·         Possess and maintain good physical stamina and mental health

 Tactical Deliverables:

·         Notifies patient prior to visit and communicates further visits scheduled.

·         Drives responsibly and safely to and from client’s place of residence.

·         Schedules priorities and maintains productivity utilizing time management.

·         Provides appropriate and thorough service to patients/clients, ensuring proper completion of services in an accurate and timely manner and in accordance with agency policy.

·         Always demonstrates respectable customer service and professionalism.

·         Determines discipline frequencies according to physician order and/or assessed needs.

·         Provide teaching to patient/client and answer health-related questions and document patient/client/caregiver understanding of education.

·         Document patient’s/client’s care using appropriate agency forms and submit to agency within appropriate timeline.

·         Maintain continuity of care and document communications with others within the health care team.

·         Demonstrate work that meets quality standards. Assist in periodic auditing of paperwork of self/peers.

·         Adheres to Agency Code of Conduct, Standards of Practice, and Patients/Patient Rights

·         Demonstrates professionalism in appearance, adhering to agency dress code.

·         Accessible transportation to and from patients visits.

·         Ability to lift 30 pounds, move intermittently throughout the workday, inclusive of sitting, standing and bending, pushing, pulling or moving objects and patients/clients.

Education and Experience: 

• Currently licensed as a Practical Nurse to practice in the State of Arizona (or) Current multi-state license from another compact state utilizing their valid compact state license for up to 30 days until an Arizona permanent license is issued.