Case Manager - Full-time

UF Health Rehabilitation Hospital - North • Jacksonville, FL

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About The Position

UF Health Rehabilitation Hospital North, affiliated with Select Medical, is seeking a full-time Case Manager/Discharge Planner. The inpatient rehabilitation hospital provides care for individuals facing medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges related to brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputations, and multiple traumas.

The Case Manager coordinates healthcare decisions through a systematic approach to support treatment plans that improve quality and outcomes, coordinate care across the continuum, promote cost-effective care within the allotted timeframe, ensure hospital-based services meet patient-related utilization management criteria for payment, and implement safe and appropriate discharge plans. The role also includes assessing patients’ psychosocial needs and providing interventions as part of discharge planning.

Requirements

• Current licensure under state guidelines in a clinical or related discipline, or a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a health or human services discipline.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in Case Management and Discharge Planning.
• CCM certification.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate healthcare decisions and treatment plans to improve quality and outcomes.
• Coordinate care across the continuum.
• Promote cost-effective care within the allotted timeframe.
• Help ensure hospital-based services meet patient-related utilization management criteria for payment.
• Implement safe and appropriate discharge plans.
• Assess patients’ psychosocial needs and provide interventions as part of discharge planning.
• Perform clinical interventions and discharge planning.
• Manage care planning.
• Manage fiscal matters.
• Manage payer and referral processes.

Benefits

• Extensive orientation program.
• Generous PTO and paid sick time for full-time team members.
• Medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings for full-time team members.
• Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan.
• Life and disability protection for full-time team members.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time