Nurse Case Manager, Geriatric Primary Care at Home (Per Diem)

POSITION SUMMARY:

Performs a variety of high-level nursing case management services through the development and use of geriatric nursing practice standards. Activities include conducting a comprehensive geriatric nursing assessment, history and physical, developing and reassessing a plan of care which addresses the physical and psychosocial needs of the older adult and family, patient/family education and coordination of care and services across various sites of care. The Geriatric Nurse Case Manager assists in the development, implementation, evaluation and revision of the case management model of care and program. Ensures that desired patient outcomes are achieved and that variances from established best practices are evaluated and addressed as necessary.

Position: Nurse Case Manager

Department: Geriatric Primary Care at Home

Schedule: Per Diem

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

Graduate of an accredited baccalaureate nursing program is required; Masters preparation highly desirable.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

Requires a license to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or ability to obtain MA reciprocity license prior to start. Certificate in Geriatric Nursing is highly desirable.

EXPERIENCE:

Requires 5 years' experience as an RN functioning in a model of care delivery system that included case management.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Experience working with Geriatric population is preferred.
• Must be self-directed, a self-starter, and able to implement new programs.
• Requires analytic ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement and research utilization projects.
• Requires organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned workload.
• Requires physical ability to meet core job responsibilities in accordance with practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.
• Requires ability to manage stress due to critical patient care issues, changing organizational climate, and staffing issues.
• Requires effective verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the patient populations served.
• Ability to apply principles of adult learning to provide educate to staff, patients and families.
• Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) in languages appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center is preferred. Proficient with standard Microsoft programs (i.e. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and web browsers.
• Experience with other standard hospital registration systems or ability to learn also required.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans