RN Care Manager - PRN

Holy Rosary Healthcare • Miles City, MT

21d • $36 - $55 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members. As a Case Manager RN you need to know how to: Coordinate the care and services for patients identified as needing assistance or meeting Care Management criteria. Collect in-depth information about a patients medical, functional, and social condition, to identify individual needs in order to develop a plan to meet those needs. Work with patient and family/caregivers to determine specific goals and actions based on assessment. Coordinate discharge planning. Execute specific interventions to meet established goals. Organize, integrate and coordinate the necessary resources to accomplish the goals and plan. Assess the patients prior level of functioning, access to and/or use of community resources and available support systems. Assist the care team in developing a plan of care which includes, but is not limited to: assuring appropriateness of services and care setting, assuring individualized support and education, determining the need for continued services, planning for discharge, and identifying and connecting patients/families with available community resources if needed. Collaborate with Physicians and other members of the health care team on the patients behalf. Identify appropriate admission and continued stay issues. Enhance the quality of patient care through effective and efficient use of resources. Help to identify strategies for reducing length of stay and appropriate utilization of services. Utilize criteria including clinical pathway data and implement strategies to resolve controllable variances. Attend, facilitate and participate in rounds and case conferences. Advocate for patient rights. Monitor efficiency and availability of services and evaluate outcomes through variance tracking, data collection. Identify needs, facilitate, or provide education to physicians and ancillary departments/nursing units regarding case management, discharge planning process, and roles. Participate in multidisciplinary groups and development of guidelines.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Bachelors Degree in Nursing (BSN)
• Current RN license in the state of practice or compact license with the ability to obtain RN license in the state of practice
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting

Nice To Haves

• At least five (5) years of nursing experience
• Prior knowledge of managed care / utilization review

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the care and services for patients identified as needing assistance or meeting Care Management criteria.
• Collect in-depth information about a patients medical, functional, and social condition, to identify individual needs in order to develop a plan to meet those needs.
• Work with patient and family/caregivers to determine specific goals and actions based on assessment.
• Coordinate discharge planning.
• Execute specific interventions to meet established goals.
• Organize, integrate and coordinate the necessary resources to accomplish the goals and plan.
• Assess the patients prior level of functioning, access to and/or use of community resources and available support systems.
• Assist the care team in developing a plan of care which includes, but is not limited to: assuring appropriateness of services and care setting, assuring individualized support and education, determining the need for continued services, planning for discharge, and identifying and connecting patients/families with available community resources if needed.
• Collaborate with Physicians and other members of the health care team on the patients behalf.
• Identify appropriate admission and continued stay issues.
• Enhance the quality of patient care through effective and efficient use of resources.
• Help to identify strategies for reducing length of stay and appropriate utilization of services.
• Utilize criteria including clinical pathway data and implement strategies to resolve controllable variances.
• Attend, facilitate and participate in rounds and case conferences.
• Advocate for patient rights.
• Monitor efficiency and availability of services and evaluate outcomes through variance tracking, data collection.
• Identify needs, facilitate, or provide education to physicians and ancillary departments/nursing units regarding case management, discharge planning process, and roles.
• Participate in multidisciplinary groups and development of guidelines.

Benefits

• We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level