2 jobs found in milledgeville

As a hospice case manager for Amedisys, you will have a special opportunity to provide, coordinate and direct the provision of hospice nursing and palliative care to terminally ill patients in their home.  You will closely collaborate with the attending physician,  patients and their families, and other members of the patient care team to   provide and maintain continuity of patient care  to  achieve excellent pain and symptom management and high quality end-of-life care for the patient. Assess and reassess all physical, environmental and emotional factors to determine hospice needs for patients in the home setting Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and IDT to meet the emotional needs of the patient/family/caregiver. Utilize a combination of agency resources and nationally recognized standards of practice to achieve excellent pain and symptom management and high quality end-of-life care. Coordinate the total Plan of...

Provides, coordinates, and directs the provision of home nursing care according to physician’s orders based on agency policies and procedures, through the competent application of the nursing process. Demonstrates knowledge of home care and competency in discipline specific patient care skills, required by the care center for the provision of patient care. May be assigned RN visits as member of care team, and/or may be required to supervise a patient caseload, including LPN’s and HHA’s. Performs patient comprehensive assessments, as assigned, and collaborates with patient multi-disciplinary care team (PT, OT, ST, MSW and paraprofessionals) and other health care professionals to develop/modify and implement an individualized plan of care as per physician orders that ensures quality, proper discharge planning and achieves desired outcomes and goals. Helps to achieve and maintain continuity of patient care by communicating information (for...