Hospice RN Case Manager (Home Team)

About the role

Suncoast Hospice, a member of Empath Health, is seeking an RN Case Manager to join the Empath team. Coverage area includes South Pinellas County, providing direct patient care in patients' homes. As an RN Case Manager, you'll build meaningful relationships with patients and their families, guiding them through their hospice journey with compassion, clinical expertise, and dignity while delivering personalized, high-quality end-of-life care.Monday - Friday, daytime hours.

Since 1977, Suncoast Hospice has been honored to serve our neighbors across Pinellas and Hillsborough counties with compassionate end-of-life care. As part of Empath Health, we help those living with advanced illness find comfort, dignity, and meaning, while supporting their families and caregivers with guidance and care every step of the way.

What you'll Do

• Demonstrates the ability to obtain patient history, perform an age-specific physical, psychosocial and spiritual assessment and initiates appropriate referral, intervention and collaboration between the patient, family, Interdisciplinary team (IDT), physician and partnering facility (as applicable) following policy and practice guidelines.
• As RN Case Manager provides continuity of care, care coordination, identifies patient/family goals, develops a Plan of Care with patient, family, IDT, attending and physician, partnering facility and evaluates progress towards goals. The Plan of Care will be updated according to policy/guidelines and as needs change.
• Following a patient's death, assists with closure contact and support in collaboration with IDT.
• Directs and supervises the care provided by the LPN and Home Health Aide following agency policy. Evaluates services provided by the Home Health Aide every two weeks with periodic on-site supervisory visits.
• Demonstrates the ability to administer, monitor and document medications as prescribed by attending physician. Uses age-specific care practices and provide appropriate patient/family teaching.

What You'll Need

• Education and/or Experience: Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; Minimum of one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid Florida license as a Registered Nurse
• Valid Florida State Driver's License
• Prefer one (1) year experience in an acute or post acute care setting
• Bilingual Spanish/English preferred
• For field-based positions, employees must have reliable transportation which will enable them to perform tasks and responsibilities in a timely and appropriate fashion. Must provide proof of valid automobile insurance, a copy of which will be placed in the employee's HR file.

Unified in empathy, we serve our communities through extraordinary Full Life Care for All.

Empath Health is a not-for-profit healthcare organization providing Full Life Care through a connected network of services across Florida-including hospice, home health, grief care, geriatric primary care, elder care (PACE), HIV and sexual health (EPIC), and dementia support.

• Full Life Care means caring for the whole person-body, mind, and spirit-with empathy and dignity. Our care goes beyond medicine to help people feel seen, supported, and valued at every stage of life.
• At Empath Health, you'll find purpose, partnership, and possibility in a culture where compassion drives excellence and every team member helps make life's journey more meaningful.

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