RN, Care Manager - Acute Rehab - Full Time - Day Shift - 8 hour -

Adventist Health • Lodi, CA

2d • $57 - $85

About The Position

The RN, Care Manager provides patient-centered care by collaborating on the development, implementation, revision, and reporting of the case management program. The role acts as a liaison among patients, families, nurses, physicians, the multidisciplinary team, and patients’ healthcare benefactors to optimize outcomes, and serves as a consultant to the healthcare team on specific patient matters. The Care Manager coordinates the continuum of care for a defined patient population from pre-admission through post-discharge and helps patients and families move efficiently through hospitalization.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice is required.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Lead coordination of patient care with other disciplines on the care team, monitoring 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 relevant aspects of acute care.
• Discuss resource utilization, consultations, treatment plans, estimated length of stay, and discharge plans with physicians.
• Focus on complex patients and frequent emergency department utilizers, as well as chronic pain, substance abuse, and homeless patients.
• Collaborate with acute care case managers to ensure ongoing care is appropriate.
• Coordinate transfers to tertiary centers, including transfer of patient information needed for continuity of treatment and services.
• Provide oversight 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