Registered Nurse - Case Manager - 4943

Job Specific Responsibilities and Tasks :  Duties may include but are not limited to :

Core Duties :

• Participate in all phases of the Case Management Program (CMP) and ensure that the CMP meets established case management (CM) standards of care.
• Provide nursing expertise about the CM process, including assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring. Identify opportunities for CM and identify and integrate local CM processes.
• Develop and implement local strategies using inpatient, outpatient, onsite and telephonic CM
• Develop and implement tools to support case management, such as those used for patient identification and patient assessment, clinical practice guidelines, algorithms, CM software, and databases for community resources.
• Integrate CM and utilization management (UM) and integrating nursing case management with social work case management.
• Maintain liaison with appropriate community agencies and organizations.
• Accurately collect and document patient care data.
• Develop treatment plans including preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, psychosocial, and clinical interventions to ensure continuity of care toward the goal of optimal wellness.
• Establish mechanisms to ensure proper implementation of patient treatment plan and follow-up post discharge in ambulatory and community health care settings. Provide appropriate health care instruction to patient and / or caregivers based on identified learning needs.

Additional Duties .

Participate in all phases of the Case Management Program (CMP) and ensure that the CMP meets established case management (CM) standards of care. Assist in coordinating a multidisciplinary team to meet the health care needs, including medical and / or psychosocial management, of specified patients. 5.1.6.2. Serve as consultant to all disciplines regarding CM issues. Provide nursing expertise about the CM process, including assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring. Identify opportunities for CM and identify and integrate local CM processes.

Schedule :

Monday - Friday 8 hour shift between 6 : 00am - 6 : 00pm

No Weekends!

No Holidays!

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications :

Degree : Possess a Bachelor’s degree of Nursing from an accredited university. With one of the certifications below OR Possess a Master’s Degree in Nurse Case Management from a program accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Education : Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Experience : Possess a minimum experience of at least 5 years as an RNCM within the past 7 years.

Certification : Possess and maintain a current certification from one of the following accredited organizations : (CCM), (CDMS), (CRRN),(COHN), (ACCC), (CRC), (RN-NCM),(CMC) OR Possess a Master’s Degree in Nurse Case Management from a program accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Licensure : Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse

Security : Must possess ability to pass a Government background check / security clearance.

Life Support Certification : Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.

We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.

Benefits

Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits :

Base salary : $40.00 - $72.00 / hr depending on experience