Job Details: Hospice Homecare Case Manager -RN

Company: Continuum Health Partners – New Yorkers are our neighbors, our friends, our family.

Description: We are seeking Hospice Homecare Case Manager Nurses who are Responsible for the provision of palliative nursing care for the terminally ill and coordination of the interdisciplinary patient care.
Beth Israel Medical Center is a 1,368 bed, full-service tertiary teaching hospital that was founded on Manhattan's Lower East Side before the turn of the 20th century. Beth Israel originally was dedicated to serving a vulnerable population in that community. Now, a century later, the Medical Center serves individuals and families from every walk of life throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and beyond.

Beth Israel Medical Center is comprised of three facilities.
Petrie Division: First Avenue at 16th Street, Manhattan
Phillips Ambulatory Care Center: Union Square East between 14th & 15th Streets, Manhattan
Kings Highway Division: Kings Highway between East 32nd Street & New York Ave., Brooklyn

We are seeking Hospice Homecare Case Manager Nurses who are Responsible for the provision of palliative nursing care for the terminally ill and coordination of the interdisciplinary patient care plan in an environment where the emphasis is placed on both patients' and their families' physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs.

Continuum Hospice Care/Jacob Perlow Hospice is an open access hospice.

Hospice Nurses implement skilled and supportive nursing services as outlined in the care plan, especially in those areas involving the use of medications for the management of palliative pain and distressing symptoms. In conjunction with other members of the interdisciplinary team, nurses provides ongoing education to patients, caregivers and other family members regarding treatment choices and goals; use of equipment and services; disease symptom progression; truth-telling; forms of communication; and the expression of grief and loss

Requirements: Must possess and maintain a current license as an RN in the state of New York.

Additional Information:
Hospice Homecare Nurses do not work on a unit or in a single facility.
Hospice Homecare Nurses visit patients at their homes in the community, some of which are skilled nursing facilities.

Full-Time, non-union. General hours vary - some flexibility for weekends and holidays required. Majority of work week will be Mon - Fri, 5 days/per wk.
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Posting Date: Jul 10 08