Population Health Care Manager - Registered Nurse or LPN
About The Position
The Population Health Care Manager serves as a patient advocate and enhances collaborative relationships among patients, families, and clinicians. The role provides health coaching to promote healthy lifestyles for patients within an assigned cohort and partners with stakeholders to improve quality outcomes and measures. This position coordinates care for patients with chronic diseases and other health-management needs, develops individualized care plans, supports patient engagement and self-management, and works to close care gaps. The role is fully remote within Illinois and works Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The position is supervised by the Director of Clinical Operations - Population Health and works indirectly with the Medical Director of Population Health. Applicants must hold an Illinois nursing license as an RN or LPN. An associate degree in nursing is required. A current LPN license with pursuit of RN licensure is listed as a qualification; RN is strongly preferred. The compensation range is $27.69 to $42.92, commensurate with experience.
Requirements
- Current Illinois LPN nursing license while pursuing RN licensure, or Illinois RN licensure; RN is strongly preferred.
- Associate degree in nursing.
- At least three years of experience using electronic medical record systems; EPIC preferred.
- Strong background in ambulatory and/or inpatient acute-care nursing.
- Ability to communicate effectively with physicians, care team members, and caregivers.
- Clinical acumen to support and understand disease progression and common associated interventions.
- Basic knowledge and experience using web-based meetings and communications, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other software applications.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a remote setting.
- Experience with EPIC.
- Registered Nurse licensure.
Responsibilities
- Use nursing knowledge and expertise to coordinate care for patients with chronic diseases or other diagnoses requiring health management.
- Independently maintain multiple caseloads and deadlines in a timely manner while responding to quality and outcome measures.
- Develop and maintain individualized care plans and goals based on patient needs and proposed solutions.
- Use effective, therapeutic clinical coaching methods to promote patient engagement, independence, and self-management.
- Communicate with care team members to coordinate care.
- Maintain health coach or other care management training and/or certification.
- Conduct concurrent medical record reviews using specified indicators and criteria for care-gap reporting.
- Work with patients and providers to close care gaps for value-based contracts.
- Develop and report hospitalization and other quality metrics, identify problem areas, and propose improvement plans.
- Assist with laboratory and diagnostic testing orders as appropriate under department clinical guidelines.
- Participate in department huddles, meetings, and other appropriate meetings.
- Partner with community-based programs to promote Population Health programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
