Community Home Care: RN Case Manager (West/Northwest Metro)

The RN Case Manager is responsible to plan, organize and direct the Lifespark services while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and Lifespark best practices including but not limited to starts of care, care plan development and ongoing support, client satisfaction, and caregiver supervision, engagement and on-boarding.

Position: RN Case Manager for Community Home Care

Wage Range: $85,000-$90,000 annually, depending on experience

Service Area: West/ Northwest Metro (coverage area: Plymouth, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Mound, Excelsior, Buffalo, Champlin, Loretto, Anoka, Osseo, Rogers, Elk River, Rogers, Ramsey, Maple Grove, Zimmerman, Albertville, Bethel & surrounding). Plus, mileage reimbursement of 72.5 cents per mile.

Schedule: 1.0 FTE, Monday - Friday 8am-5pm (every 4th-5th weekend and on-call rotation, one holiday per year) - On the weekends you are scheduled to work, you could be assigned visits covering all services areas.

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we've been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That's where our people come in - from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Lifespark Benefits Include:

• Annual Reviews/Raises{Shift differentials if applicable}
• Paid Time Off - Vacation Time
• Mileage reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full Time Hires
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurances
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees
• Referral bonuses
• Career path to other positions within our growing company!

Position Functions & Responsibilities:

• Complete initial start of care documentation and process. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Regularly re-evaluates client nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as client status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the client and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician. Provides direct client care as defined in the State Nurse Practice Act.
• Counsels the client and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the client as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the client.
• Acts as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate client care for assigned caseload.
• Timely completion of all documentation as it relates to the care plan.
• Understands and complies with all the rules and regulations that govern the responsibilities of a registered nurse.
• Completes orientation and annual training requirements as assigned.
• Participates in Lifespark's Event Management process including initiating reports, escalation of events and investigations.
• Promotes safety in the workplace through real time coaching and participation in safety awareness training.
• Schedules and keeps member appointments.
• Organizes travel efficiently and submits accurate auto use logs by established deadlines.
• Tracks all billable activities.
• Participates in on-call program rotation.
• Participates in weekend coverage as needed.
• Identify and communicate opportunities where there may be needs for Population Health, Life Managers, and other Lifespark services.
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse, BSN preferred
• Prefer advanced certification as a Care Manager, Holistic Nursing, Geriatric CM, and/or Gerontology
• 2 years' RN experience in community-based services (assisted living, home care, hospice, public health)
• Experience working with seniors preferred
• Experience in customer service/direct member contact field preferred
• Experience supervising caregivers
• Must pass a MVR check based on Lifespark company policy

Contact Lifespark Now!

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace - earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 12 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare - but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark's full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South - this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you - let's get you hired.

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.