RN Case Manager- Hospice

Make a Meaningful Difference at Every Moment That Matters

At the Jewish Association on Aging – Sivitz Hospice, care is more than a service—it’s a calling. As a trusted, not-for-profit organization with a deeply tenured and compassionate leadership team, we are committed to providing comfort, dignity, and support to patients and families during life’s most important transitions.

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse Case Manager to join our interdisciplinary team. In this vital role, you will serve as both a clinical expert and a guide for patients and families, coordinating care with intention, empathy, and excellence. Working in collaboration with the Medical Director, attending physicians, and the broader care team, you will help ensure that every patient receives individualized, holistic care that prioritizes comfort, quality of life, and respect.

1. Assumes responsibility for a patient/family caseload that includes the assessing, planning, implementation and evaluation phases of the nursing process.
2. Initiates communication with attending physicians, other hospice team members, and agencies as needed to coordinate optimal care and use of resources for the patient/family.
3. Performs initial assessment and obtains data on physical, psychological, social and spiritual factors that may influence patient/family health status and communicate that data in team meetings to formulate an Interdisciplinary Plan of Care.
4. Maintains up-to-date patient records so that problems, plans, actions and goals are accurately and clearly stated and changes are reflected as they occur.
5. Coordinates physical care of the patient and instruct primary caregivers, volunteers, home health aides and Licensed Practical Nurses in providing direct care as appropriate.
6. Attends interdisciplinary group meetings to facilitate discussion of patient/family status in order to evaluate and revise the interdisciplinary group plan of care.
7. Supervises and documents the home health aide plan of care every two weeks.
8. Provides appropriate support at time of death and period of bereavement.
9. Participates in orientation and inservice training programs for hospice staff.
10. Participates in Quality Improvement Program activities.
11. Assists with the education of contracting facilities and community members as well as meeting with physicians and groups to market hospice services.
12. Represents the Hospice in professional and community activities as requested.
13. Demonstrate familiarity with policies of the agency and rules and regulations of
14. State and Federal bodies which aid in determining policies.
15. Performs other related functions as requested.