Our Promise to You
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose‑minded team, all while understanding that together we are even better.
Location
Jackson, Platte, Clay, Cass Counties in Missouri and/or Leavenworth, Johnson, Wyandotte, Franklin, Douglas and Miami Counties in Kansas.
Role Responsibilities
The Home Health Registered Nurse (RN) Care Manager is a professional nurse who coordinates and directs the home care patient’s care based on individual patient needs. The RN Care Manager is responsible for independent management of the Home Health patient population requiring the use of advanced assessment, teaching and decision‑making skills. The nurse ensures appropriate referrals to other services, facilitates interdisciplinary conferencing, and completes all documentation. Relevant knowledge and experience are consistently applied to new patient populations. The Care Manager cares for a caseload of home health patients by evaluating each patient for appropriateness of home health and developing the home care plan in conjunction with the physician. S/he educates patients, families, caregivers and community providers to safely perform care. S/he provides follow‑up by evaluating the effectiveness of the home care plan, monitoring patient/family response to the plan, and achieving patient/family goals and top decile outcomes. The Care Manager also identifies performance improvement and home health standard of care initiatives and assists in designing or implementing programs to address needed changes.
Value You’ll Bring
Coordinates and directs the care of a caseload of home patients when the primary skill needed is nursing, providing comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
Sets priorities of the home care caseload, adapting to changing needs, and optimizes the daily schedule to support productivity, efficiency and best‑practice visit utilization.
Assesses physical, functional, psychosocial, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, cognitive status and discharge planning needs of the home care patient, reviews history, diagnostics, laboratory data, and reports abnormal items to the physician as appropriate.
Utilizes assessment data to formulate a patient‑specific plan of care in consultation with the patient, family and physician, establishing individualized, realistic, measurable patient‑centered goals that consider cultural and psychosocial needs.
Expertise and Experience
Minimum qualifications:
1 year relevant clinical RN experience
Active American Heart Association BLS
Registered Nurse State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure
Valid in‑state Driver’s License with current car insurance
Preferred qualifications:
Bachelor’s in nursing
Recent, relevant experience in a Medicare‑certified home health agency as a case‑manager
Home Health Case‑Manager Certification
Certificate for OASIS Specialist - Clinical
EEO Statement
This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti‑discrimination laws, regulations, and ordinances. The salary range reflects the anticipated base pay range for this position. Individual compensation is determined based on skills, experience and other relevant factors within this pay range. The minimums and maximums for each position may vary based on geographical location.
We are an equal‑opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.