Emergency Department Inpatient Case Manager
About The Position
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center is hiring an Inpatient Case Manager, Registered Nurse, to support the Emergency Department. This role is part of an integrated delivery system care coordination model. While operationally aligned to hospital leadership, the position shares accountability with health plan clinical leadership for high-risk member management, utilization reduction strategies, care transition performance, and enterprise population health objectives. The Inpatient Case Manager is responsible for facilitating comprehensive care management and quality outcomes for patients across the healthcare continuum. The primary focus is transitioning patients to the appropriate level of care while supporting clinical appropriateness and length of stay. The role directly supports in-hospital patients identified as needing comprehensive case management, promotes effective utilization and monitoring of health services, and collaborates with the healthcare team and patients or caregivers to manage care and transitions. The position develops and/or implements comprehensive care plans based on assessment and evaluation of patients’ physical, mental, and psychosocial needs. The practice setting is hospitals only. This is a full-time, on-site, day-shift position in the Emergency Department, scheduled Monday through Friday from 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM, for 40 hours per week. There are no weekends or on-call duties.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse license: compact/multistate or single-state Virginia license.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association; BLS is required within 90 days of hire.
- Case management certification (ACM, CCM, CCCTM, CMAC, or CMGT-BC) is required within one year of eligibility.
- At least 1 year of nursing experience.
- One of the following nursing education credentials: associate's degree, bachelor's degree, diploma, master's degree, or doctorate.
Nice To Haves
- At least 1 year of acute care experience.
- At least 1 year of case management experience.
- Emergency Department RN experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide and facilitate comprehensive care management and quality outcomes for patients across the healthcare continuum.
- Support patient transitions to the appropriate level of care while facilitating clinical appropriateness and length of stay.
- Provide comprehensive case management for identified in-hospital patients.
- Promote effective utilization and monitoring of health services.
- Collaborate and communicate with the healthcare team and patients or caregivers to manage care and transitions.
- Develop and/or implement comprehensive care plans based on assessment and evaluation of physical, mental, and psychosocial needs.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid time off and sick leave
- Paid parental and family caregiver leave
- Emergency backup care
- Long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans
- Life insurance
- 401(k)/403(b) with employer match
- Tuition assistance up to $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities
- Student debt pay down up to $10,000
- Pet insurance
- Legal resources plan
- Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if system and employee eligibility criteria are met
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
