Inpatient Registered Nurse Care Manager | Full Time

Concord Hospital•Laconia, NH

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Inpatient Nurse Care Manager, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patients. This role incorporates the clinical, psychosocial, and family factors specific to the care and disease management plan. The Inpatient Care Manager communicates and manages the transitions of care, assists patients and families in navigating the healthcare system, and intervenes to secure necessary resources for patient and family care and safety across the continuum of care. This includes collaboration with financial payers/insurers.

Requirements

Associates in Nursing degree from an accredited nursing program.
Current NH RN License.
Acute Care Facility experience of 2 years in a clinical specialty or Care Management, Discharge planning, Quality Improvement and Utilization Review.
Demonstrates effective interpersonal, organizational and motivational skills.
Demonstrates ability to function as a team player.
Proficient in written and verbal communication.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides assessment and evaluation of patient for clinical, psychological and social factors that may contribute to their disease process and may require specific or complex continuing care needs and supportive services.
Provides an initial review and concurrent reviews as required for each patient for clinical, psychological and social factors that may contribute to the disease process for determination of appropriateness of status, severity of illness and intensity of treatment.
Review of admission history and document in EMR.
Interfaces with patient, physicians, nurses, social workers, other hospital departments, community based facilities, services and financial institutions as necessary, to affect changes in the management of cases, monitoring delivery of services and/or to secure the necessary resources.
Provides information to third party payers with required documentation of medical necessity.
Provides support to the patient and families and provides evaluation and coordination with care planning and patient safety while arranging for transitional care and discharge planning needs.
Through utilization review determines if patient is meeting criteria of evidence-based clinical guidelines for appropriate level of care.
Identifies the need to execute the appropriate letter when medical necessity is not met and issue letters of patient liability regarding the hospital admission.
Bases care management and utilization review actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make sound clinical judgment/decisions.
Documents measurement and evaluation of financial, clinical, functional and satisfaction outcomes as patient progresses towards desired goals.
Evaluates and responds to the learning needs of clients, clinicians and community regarding discharge planning and utilization review.
Manages the care and utilization review of simple to complex multi-system patients by using time and resources efficiently.
Provides leadership to members of the health care team relative to discharge and care planning.
Performs other duties as assigned.