How does this case management job sound?

[luv2shopp85]

So I don't really have any experience with case management but it is something I would like to try. I have 6 years nursing experience in telemetry, med/surg, and float pool -all in a hospital setting. I have an interview on Wednesday about a case management position and I wanted to see if this sounds like a doable case management load or if it is too much for one nurse?

I would be the case management nurse for a retirement community and in charge of 40 patients. It's a salary position but I haven't found out what that is yet. Half of hte members would be my personal patients, but I would also need to be familiar with the other half. There would be 2 case management RN's there from 8-5. Now here's the part I'm not liking so much- I would be on call for 2 weeks straight then 2 weeks off. So basically overnight and weekends I would have to be available on the phone for telephone triage for the CNA's if a patient is not responding or they have questions. I would not be required to go into the facility but I would advise them what to do - press the emergency button in the person's room. I would get $700 a week plus my regular salary to do this. So $1400 every other two weeks. They said that there may be a chance that a person's med container gets spileld and I would have to go in an refill it but that rarely happens. This would be a 25 min drive for me so I would not like to be doing this at 3am. This makes me wonder... who gives the medications? CNAs? Or it seems more like the members?

So can someone who is familiar with case management give me some insight? Is this a terrible job with too much responsibility? Or is it a reasonable case load even with the on call? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

This isn't really case management per se and while the money looks good for that call, the liability could be great. I'd ask more about the job and speak at some length to the people who are doing it already-- and how long has that vacancy been there, and how often do these positions turn over at that institution.

There is an association of nurses who work in assisted living and they have some standards that might might be informative to you. You can also google their website.

http://www.alnursing.org/alnursecert/SCOPE_AND_STANDARDS_FINAL2_09-19-06.pdf

[WC Case manager]

So I don't really have any experience with case management but it is something I would like to try. I have 6 years nursing experience in telemetry med/surg, and float pool -all in a hospital setting. I have an interview on Wednesday about a case management position and I wanted to see if this sounds like a doable case management load or if it is too much for one nurse? I would be the case management nurse for a retirement community and in charge of 40 patients. It's a salary position but I haven't found out what that is yet. Half of hte members would be my personal patients, but I would also need to be familiar with the other half. There would be 2 case management RN's there from 8-5. Now here's the part I'm not liking so much- I would be on call for 2 weeks straight then 2 weeks off. So basically overnight and weekends I would have to be available on the phone for telephone triage for the CNA's if a patient is not responding or they have questions. I would not be required to go into the facility but I would advise them what to do - press the emergency button in the person's room. I would get $700 a week plus my regular salary to do this. So $1400 every other two weeks. They said that there may be a chance that a person's med container gets spileld and I would have to go in an refill it but that rarely happens. This would be a 25 min drive for me so I would not like to be doing this at 3am. This makes me wonder... who gives the medications? CNAs? Or it seems more like the members? So can someone who is familiar with case management give me some insight? Is this a terrible job with too much responsibility? Or is it a reasonable case load even with the on call? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks![/quote']

If it's assisted living I have seen "everybody" give meds. Sometimes no nurses are at the facility and the CNAs and the "other staff" give the meds. Please check into this. It's not real kosher.