Nurse Care Manager - LPN - $52,163 - $67,813 RNs/NPs/PAs $57,432 - $74,662
About The Position
As the RN Care Manager, you are a part of a revolutionary service coordinating all patient care between primary, specialty, inpatient and behavioral health services. You serve a variety of patients including individuals with substance use disorders and both children and adults with mental illness. Your role is to assist clients in initial and ongoing care coordination including: Monitoring client’s status with ongoing assessment and screenings. Collaborating with the client to develop an initial care plan. Identifying strategies to implement evidenced-based wellness and prevention initiatives. Communicating with medical providers, substance abuse service providers, long term care and hospitals. Providing education on health conditions, treatment recommendations and medication. We strive to continually improve the access to and the quality of care for our clients, so your supervisor may assign you to complete other tasks. At CWN, we recognize all people’s vulnerabilities to trauma and traumatic experiences and how that impacts daily living. We use practice models suitable for our job that are evidence based or best practice to support our staff’s daily functions, models of treatment, strength-based initiatives and quality outcomes. We encourage those with lived experience with mental illness, developmental disability, and/or substance use disorders to apply to bring valuable insight and perspective to our agency.
Requirements
- Michigan Registered Nurse (preferred) or Licensed Practice Nurse with:
- A minimum of one year’s experience in a managed care setting preferred and,
- A minimum of three to five years medical nursing, surgical nursing and/or nursing in the acute care setting.
- Valid Michigan’s driver’s license.
- Ability to sustain State Licensure in field of practice and/or Certifications to perform duties of the job.
- Ability to be certified in First Aid and CPR within 90 days of hire (agency available training)
- Knowledge of chronic physical and mental health conditions, substance use disorders, evidence-based guidelines, prevention, wellness, health risk assessments, and patient education.
- Ability to successfully navigate a computer system with minimal support.
Nice To Haves
- Training and education in Substance Use Disorders, Behavioral Health, and Co-occurring disorders.
- Experience in motivational interviewing for client engagement along with other interventions, screenings, and treatments used in behavioral health and substance use disorders.
- Proficiency with Electronic Health Records (EHRs), data entry, and computer software including Microsoft (office, word, excel, power point, and teams).
Responsibilities
- Monitoring client’s status with ongoing assessment and screenings.
- Collaborating with the client to develop an initial care plan.
- Identifying strategies to implement evidenced-based wellness and prevention initiatives.
- Communicating with medical providers, substance abuse service providers, long term care and hospitals.
- Providing education on health conditions, treatment recommendations and medication.
Benefits
- Premium healthcare insurance including medical, dental, and vision for individuals and families
- Health Savings Account with annual employer contribution
- Flex Spending Account
- Retirement Plan with employer matching
- 160 hours of paid time off (prorated your first year)
- Twelve (12) paid holidays
- Sign On Bonus
- Referral Bonus (when you refer someone to join our team)
- Ongoing training and education
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
