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. The role is part of an integrated delivery system care coordination model and is operationally aligned to hospital leadership, with shared accountability to health plan clinical leadership. It supports high-risk member management, utilization reduction strategies, care transition performance, and enterprise population health objectives. The Inpatient Case Manager is responsible for facilitating comprehensive case 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 goals. The role directly supports hospitalized 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 case manager develops or implements comprehensive care plans based on assessment and evaluation of physical, mental, and psychosocial needs. This position practices in a hospital setting. The position is based on-site in the Emergency Department in Woodbridge, Virginia. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with 40 scheduled hours per week. There are no weekends or on-call duties.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse license: compact/multistate license or single-state Virginia license.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 90 days of hire.
- Case management certification (ACM, CCM, CCCTM, CMAC, or CMGT-BC) required within one year of eligibility.
- At least 1 year of nursing experience.
Nice To Haves
- At least 1 year of acute care experience.
- At least 1 year of case management experience.
- Registered Nurse experience in an Emergency Department is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide and facilitate comprehensive case management services 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 goals.
- 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 patients’ and caregivers’ physical, mental, and psychosocial needs.
- Support high-risk member management, utilization reduction strategies, care transition performance, and population health objectives.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life and disability insurance
- 401(k)/403(b) with employer match
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick time, and holidays
- Paid parental, family caregiver, and military leave
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000
- Emergency backup care
- Critical illness plans
- 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
- Potential annual discretionary bonus, subject to system and employee eligibility criteria
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
