RN, Care Manager Full-Time, Day Shift

Adventist Health • Glendale, CA

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About The Position

Adventist Health Glendale is a healthcare provider in the San Fernando Valley, comprising a 515-bed hospital, two urgent care centers, home care services, comprehensive cardiology care, and a broad range of other services. The organization has been part of the Glendale community since 1905 and has received Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

The RN, Care Manager provides patient care by helping develop, implement, revise, and report on the case management program. The role serves as a liaison among patients, families, nurses, physicians, the multidisciplinary team, and healthcare benefactors to support optimal outcomes. The Care Manager consults with the healthcare team on patient-specific matters and coordinates care across the continuum for a defined patient population, from pre-admission through post-discharge. The role also helps patients and families move efficiently through hospitalization.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice is required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor, per Adventist Health policy, is required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN).
• Experience in a care management role.
• Case management certification.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care with other disciplines on the care team and monitor the appropriateness and timeliness of care.
• Ensure the interdisciplinary care plan aligns with the patient's clinical course, continuing care needs, and covered services by monitoring diagnostic testing, treatments, procedures, and other aspects of acute care.
• Discuss resource utilization, consultations, treatment plans, estimated length of stay, and discharge plans with physicians.
• Focus on complex patients, frequent emergency department utilizers, chronic pain patients, substance abuse patients, and homeless patients.
• Collaborate with acute care case managers to ensure ongoing care is appropriate.
• Coordinate transfers to tertiary centers, including transfer of information needed for continuity of treatment and services.
• Oversee and collect data required for regulatory and accreditation compliance.
• Manage frequent emergency department visitors by conducting focused reviews of previous and current admissions.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed