Care Manager RN
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Visiting Nurse Health System Inc
Buford, GA, US
Summary
The Care Manager RN assesses, coordinates, and monitors community-based services for elderly or disabled clients through home visits and interdisciplinary collaboration. They are responsible for developing care paths, documenting assessments, and ensuring continuity of care in compliance with program standards.
Job Description
Care Manager RN - Community Care - Hall, Barrow, Forsyth, North Gwinnett
Lead with compassion. Manage with purpose.
Who are we?
Caring for Atlanta for over 78 years, Visiting Nurse Health System is a leading, non-profit provider of home healthcare, long-term care at home, hospice, and palliative care services. We pride ourselves in helping patients and their loved ones receive care at home following an illness, surgery, or hospital stay. We offer not just a job, but we also offer purpose, impact, and the chance to care deeply for people in the comfort of their homes.
Our vision is to be the first choice for patients, families, payers, and other healthcare providers when they need home healthcare services. We look to not only achieve, but to also maintain exemplary patient and employee satisfaction levels. VNHS is dedicated to continuing our investment in strong community partnerships, providing coordinated care solutions, developing a top-performing workforce, and innovating technologies to improve affordability and access to patient care. We aim to be an organization where healthcare professionals not only prefer to work, but where they are able to grow as professionals. For more information on our organization, please visit us here.
Every day we strive to display our four core values:
- Respect & Integrity - We practice the highest ethical standards and honor our commitments. We are fair, transparent, honest and person-centered in all our actions. We value the beliefs and opinions of our diverse community of patients and employees.
- Excellence - We are committed to delivering the best outcomes and highest quality service through the dedicated efforts of every team member. We are committed to continuous improvement in all that we do and strive to be leaders for others to emulate.
- Stewardship - We enhance the lives of those we serve through responsible planning and management of the resources entrusted to us with each of us contributing toward a shared purpose.
- Care – We will provide compassionate person-centered care while respecting individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs
Job Overview
The Care Manager RN plays a key role in assessing, coordinating, and monitoring community-based services for elderly or disabled clients under the Community Care Services Program (CCSP). This role includes conducting home visits, reassessing care needs, developing plans of care, and collaborating with physicians, social workers, and caregivers to ensure continuity of care.
What You’ll Do:
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Conduct in-home or facility-based assessments of clients to determine appropriate services.
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Collaborate with SW Care Managers and interdisciplinary teams on level-of-care (LOC) decisions.
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Develop care paths and discharge plans based on client needs, condition, and support systems.
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Complete and document assessment tools (e.g., GDS, MMSE, fall risk).
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Schedule and perform timely assessments, reassessments, and follow-up per DCH policy.
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Coordinate transitions from hospital to home/community settings.
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Document care plans, hospitalizations, care transitions, services, and case notes per DCH and VNHS standards.
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Approve services within established funding limits and ensure clinical appropriateness.
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Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, training sessions, and quarterly network events.
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Support infection control practices and maintain confidential client records.
Schedule:
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PRN
Location:
- Hall, Barrow, Forsyth, North Gwinnett
You’re Perfect for the Position if you:
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Are a graduate of an accredited RN program
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Hold current Georgia licensure and CPR certification
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Have 2 years of nursing experience in community health, long-term care, or geriatrics
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Understand Medicare/Medicaid regulations and care coordination best practices
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Can function independently in a community-based environment
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Possess strong clinical, documentation, and time management skills
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Are comfortable with EMR systems and standard office software
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Have reliable transportation and are comfortable traveling to client homes
Why Work for Visiting Nurse Health System?
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- PTO and Paid Holidays
- 403b Retirement Plan with Company Match
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Discounts
- Flexible Schedule
Compensation Range: Pay Per Visit
Join us in our mission to provide excellent care, comfort, and dignity to our patients!
Visiting Nurse is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants based on race, color, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religious creed, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, military and veteran status, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, reproductive health decision-making, lawful off-duty use of marijuana, any other characteristic protected by law, or any combination of two or more of the characteristics listed here. If you need an accommodation to complete an online application, please contact Visiting Nurse at 404-215-6100.
Visiting Nurse Health System is Georgia's solution to healthcare and aging services in the home. As the first and largest nonprofit home health and hospice organization in Georgia, we're grateful to serve 57 counties, caring for over 5,000 patients each day in the safety and comfort of their own home.
For over 75 years, our nurses, therapists and other clinical staff members continue to provide quality, patient-centered, one-on-one care, helping them maintain their independence and, whenever possible remain in their own home.
When patients, of any age, are terminally ill, we understand they, and their families, need a special kind of care through our Hospice Atlanta services provided in the comfort of the place they call home. We strive to ensure that every patient is cared for compassionately, comfortably and with dignity, and that every family receives the support they need during this difficult time.
We would not be able to fulfill our mission without the incredible, time-honored support of so many in the Atlanta community. Thank you to the generosity and support of individuals, corporations, foundations and our volunteer teams, who have made it possible for VNHS | Hospice Atlanta to provide compassionate, quality care to Atlanta's most-vulnerable patients, regardless of their financial situation.
Come join our movement! To see open jobs visit: www.vnhs.org/careers.
Founded
1948
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA
Visiting Nurse Health System is Georgia's solution to healthcare and aging services in the home. As the first and largest nonprofit home health and hospice organization in Georgia, we're grateful to serve 57 counties, caring for over 5,000 patients each day in the safety and comfort of their own home.
For over 75 years, our nurses, therapists and other clinical staff members continue to provide quality, patient-centered, one-on-one care, helping them maintain their independence and, whenever possible remain in their own home.
When patients, of any age, are terminally ill, we understand they, and their families, need a special kind of care through our Hospice Atlanta services provided in the comfort of the place they call home. We strive to ensure that every patient is cared for compassionately, comfortably and with dignity, and that every family receives the support they need during this difficult time.
We would not be able to fulfill our mission without the incredible, time-honored support of so many in the Atlanta community. Thank you to the generosity and support of individuals, corporations, foundations and our volunteer teams, who have made it possible for VNHS | Hospice Atlanta to provide compassionate, quality care to Atlanta's most-vulnerable patients, regardless of their financial situation.
Come join our movement! To see open jobs visit: www.vnhs.org/careers.
Founded
1948
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA