Job Summary:

The role of the homecare RN involves a range of responsibilities aimed at promoting health, preventing illness, and managing the care of individuals with various medical conditions. Homecare RNs play a crucial role in promoting continuity of care, allowing individuals to receive health care services in the comfort of their homes, and facilitating a more personalized and patient-centered approach to health care.

Job Description:

The Role: Home Health Case Manager Registered Nurse (RN)

$20,000 sign-on bonus potential for experienced Nurses!

• Available to RNs with at least one year of nursing experience

• Must commit to a minimum of 30 hours per week

• Not available to current MaineGeneral employees or former employees separated for less than one year

Position Highlights:

• Enjoy the benefits of flexibility and autonomy when scheduling patient visits.

• Our staff has smaller caseloads, the support of a triage team to facilitate urgent patient needs, and an education department that is committed to the growth of your professional life. 

• Our Case Managers’ work/life balance is supported by having designated after-hours staff, resulting in reduced after-hours and PRN visits. We outsource our after-hours clinical support, have limited on-call shift assignments, and have decreased our after-hours admissions for our on-call staff.                 

• We value our nurses’ opinions and encourage the sharing of ideas through many shared governance committees.

This position is 32 or 40 hours per week (candidate’s choice at hire), with limited on-call, weekend, and holiday rotation.

You would be based out of Augusta, but staff must be flexible to work in/travel to areas surrounding the South Team’s territory (Greater Augusta)

The Work:

• Consult with nursing staff and the multidisciplinary team regularly to evaluate the patient's status and appropriateness of care, including admission, length of stay, transfer, and discharge.

• Provides direct treatment, education, and management of health conditions, including making recommendations to providers regarding additional services needed and referrals for community resources.

• Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care plans based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate.

You Have:

• An active Maine RN license or the ability to obtain the same in a timely fashion is required.

• At least 1 year of acute or med/surg (or equivalent) nursing experience is required.

• Previous ED, ICU, CCU, or home care experience preferred.

• Valid driver’s license & acceptable driving record, required

• Strong technology/computer skills and previous experience with electronic medical records (EMR) preferred.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Scheduled Work Shift:

Job Exempt:

No

Benefits

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

• We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.
• Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.
• A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

• An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.
• Loan Reimbursement is available for this position dependent upon current degree level.  Please discuss benefit with the recruiter.
• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
• We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

Career Mobility:
Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource they are how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability  Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .