Residential Nurse Case Manager

Bancroft•Mount Laurel, NJ

11h•Onsite

About The Position

Bancroft is currently seeking an experienced Residential Nurse Case Manager to join our Mt. Laurel, NJ team. This role promotes the health and wellness of the individuals supported, including services, advocacy, and education to contribute to the continued provision of quality healthcare to persons with developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and neurological impairments within the specific program. The position operates within personal license constraints in strict accordance with regulations and guidelines defined by various state and accreditation bodies, providing nursing care management oversight and identifying, assessing, and improving the quality of life and healthcare for persons served. The role serves as a key liaison, advocate, and resource for routine and special healthcare needs, facilitating a team approach through collaboration with various internal and external stakeholders to attain quality care and remove health-related barriers. Effective communication, identification, and assessment of healthcare needs are crucial, working jointly with the healthcare and program team to implement a comprehensive healthcare plan that emphasizes integrated services and reduces gaps or overlaps.

Requirements

Registered Nurse required with a current and valid N.J. license.
Degree in Nursing and/or certification in Case Management/ Developmental Disability and or Brain Injury Specialist, Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse, CRRN.
Minimum of two year of general nursing experience required.
Three years of prior experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Promotes the health and wellness of the individuals supported.
Provides services, advocacy, and education to contribute to the continued provision of quality healthcare to persons with developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and neurological impairments within the specific program.
Operates within personal license constraints in strict accordance with regulations and guidelines defined by the Nurse Practices Act, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), N.J. Department of Health, N.J. Department of Education Administrative Code and Amendments, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) and Division of Children and Family Services (DCF) where applicable, Individual Program Plan (IPP), Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), and established Bancroft policies and procedures.
Provides various nursing care management oversight.
Identifies, assesses, and improves and maintains the quality of life and healthcare to persons served.
Serves as key liaison, advocate, and a resource of information regarding both routine and special healthcare needs to support a comprehensive care plan for each person.
Facilitates a team approach to the continued provision of quality care to individual supported through interaction, communication, and collaboration with family members, discipline-specific clinical staff, primary physicians, healthcare providers, pharmacists, Nursing Department management/staff, Medical Director, program management/staff, School staff members, external case workers, state and federal regulatory agencies, insurance companies, hospitals and rehabilitation facilities, etc., to attain and maintain the provision of quality care for persons served and assist in the removal or modification of reported health related barriers.
Communicates effectively professionally and respectively.
Identifies and assesses the routine, special, and changing healthcare needs of Individuals supported.
Works jointly with the healthcare and program team to implement a comprehensive healthcare plan and service delivery system that is responsive to the needs of persons served, emphasizes the value of integrated healthcare disciplines and services by linking individuals with appropriate providers, and reduces gaps in or overlap of services.