RN - Case Manager - Sleep Center
About The Position
The RN Case Manager in the Sleep Center provides expert nursing care and care coordination for pediatric patients in a specialty population and their families. The role includes patient assessment, writing plans of care, developing educational programs, and program development to better meet the comprehensive needs of the population. The case manager develops, implements, manages, markets, and evaluates program plans; coordinates care with multidisciplinary teams; provides patient and family education; offers expert consultation; contributes to policies, procedures, and quality improvement; applies current research to practice; and assists with program standards and coordination. The role also supports Children’s Wisconsin’s mission and strategic objectives and advocates for children and families.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of clinical experience related to the program specialty.
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or National Safety Council.
- Wisconsin Registered Nurse license.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in case management.
- Experience in program development.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients and families and account for patients’ growth and development needs across age groups.
- Develop, implement, manage, market, and evaluate program plans.
- Synthesize and evaluate individualized patient and family responses along the continuum of care and make treatment changes within the scope of practice.
- Negotiate systems and plan and direct changes related to program plans and standards.
- Use case management to help manage a patient population; collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to establish goals and implement plans of care.
- Identify priorities and realistic intervention outcomes, communicate potential solutions to variances, and implement identified solutions.
- Design and implement activities that support the mission and strategic objectives of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
- Identify patient and family education needs; develop teaching content and present educational programs and conferences; provide informal teaching and serve as a resource for patients, families, staff, and the community.
- Use family and social interaction theory to assess and address barriers to learning.
- Provide expert consultation incorporating broader aspects of patients’ and families’ responses to illness or injury.
- Provide leadership in assessing, developing, and implementing policies and procedures related to the specialty area.
- Participate in quality improvement related to the specialty area, seek consultation opportunities, and advocate for children and families in public policy and other forums.
- Participate in professional improvement activities, including professional organization membership; anticipate community needs and help develop systems to meet them.
- Apply current research findings in practice and introduce current research into clinical practice.
- Assist with developing and analyzing program standards and needs and assume coordination responsibility for the program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
