Home Health Nurse; Case Manager

Description

The Visiting Nurse Association is growing and needing to add one more highly skilled and compassionate Home Health Nurse Case Manager to our team. As a home health nurse case manager, you will be responsible for providing quality healthcare services to patients in their homes. Your role will involve coordinating with other healthcare professionals to develop and implement care plans that meet the unique needs of each patient. There are so many advantages of serving patients in their own home environment. Studies overwhelmingly show that patients prefer to received care in the comforting familiarity of home, rather than moving to a facility or hospital.

Responsibilities:

- Conducting assessments and developing care plans for patients in their homes

- Coordinating with other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care to patients

- Providing education and support to patients and their families

- Monitoring and evaluating patient progress, adjusting care plans as needed

- Administering medications and providing skilled nursing care

- Ensuring compliance with all federal and state regulations

We have a great work culture at the VNA and we look for people with a similar mindset. Here are a few character traits we look for as we add a new member to our team:

• ability to listen well and verbally communicate easily with people at all levels
• present a lasting impression of honesty with a kind demeanor and never short of a smile
• energetic, able to adjust to a variety of work environments and thrives on a challenge

Working with the Visiting Nurse Association means you get to serve your community, develop your nursing career, enjoy the satisfaction of knowing the impact your care has on others. You also are part of our interdisciplinary team of Aides and Therapists that hold the same values about patient care, that you have.

Our Nurses:

• Work day shift M-F with control of daily activities within the schedule. There is a dedicated on call team; however, all our nurses do participate in a limited number of on call shifts each month.
• Enjoy being autonomous while knowing managers are just a phone call away.
• Like the challenge of working to the full scope and capacity of practice using complex clinical skills and displaying a high level of confidence to complete professional assessments and monitor new or worsening symptoms
• Enjoy working with a wide range patient needs based on a variety of acute or chronic illness, recovery from injury or surgery, or are otherwise home bound
• Want to help patients continue to live independently at home
• Work closely with all members of the patient’s care team – Home Makers, Aides, Social Workers, Therapists, Physicians, to identify and coordinate care needs
• Serve as a crucial communication resource for physicians
• Promote safety and injury prevention solutions
• Facilitate new client admissions into services
• Log observations, treatments and other information in our EMR on an iPad
• Participate with the entire organization to promote confidentiality, quality assessment, and continual performance improvement.

We offer:

• Expert training, thorough orientation, and co-workers who care
• M-F 8-5
• 19 days of accrued vacation in your first year (available to use as you accrue!)
• 12 sick days accrued per year (available to use as you accrue!)A solid history and community reputation
• True commitment to our mission and the people we serve
• Free parking
• Bi-weekly payroll
• Annual performance bonuses and merit incentives
• Continuing Education Credits
• 8 paid holidays
• Full benefit package available the first of the month following initial employment
• Benefit packages for all employees working 20 or more scheduled weekly hours
• Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield – multiple plans to choose from; all with employer-supplemented premiums
• Blue Dental plan
• Avesis Vision plan
• Employer-paid long-term disability
• Employer-paid life insurance (additional family life is available)
• Employer-matching 403b retirement account with professional financial advising
• 3 Aflac plans: Short -term disability, cancer, accident
• Medical/child care flex spending accounts
• Voluntary life insurance
• Company iPhone and iPad to conduct daily business
• Direct deposit

If you are a dedicated and compassionate nurse with experience in home health or case management, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Not sure you want to apply but still interested in hearing more? We would like an opportunity to talk about how our non profit mission aligns with your personal vision and mission of patient care. Tell us what lead you to become a nurse and how you enjoy spending one on one time to provide individualized compassionate and engaged care your patients. If you are passionate about helping a client remain independent in their personal home, take pride in your work, are resourceful, accountable, and adaptable; call Karen today, 319-325- 0319, we want to talk with you about our full time Home Health Nurse position.

Requirements

- Registered nurse (RN) degree; Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) preferred

- Active Iowa nursing license

- 2 Years in home health or case management experience preferred

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team

- Knowledge of federal and state regulations related to home health careA sincere desire to help others

• Iowa driver’s license
• Ability to communicate in English verbally and in writing
• US work authorization
• Proof of negative tuberculosis test (we can provide at the start of employment)
• BLS Certification
• Mandatory Reporter Training
• Available to work Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM includes Call & Holiday rotations
• All offers of employment are conditioned upon the result of a criminal background check conducted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, as required by law and a negative finding on the Office of Inspector General’s Excluded Provider List.

As an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.