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About The Position

Requirements

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Valid, current, full, and unrestricted professional nursing license to practice in any U.S. state, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory.
• Maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association throughout employment.
• Three years of clinical nursing experience, including one year in an outpatient/inpatient setting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of case management, contract health, and utilization review processes.
• Satisfactory performance in prior and current employment, supported by positive references addressing working relationships, ethical standards, reliability, communication, and a proactive team approach to problem resolution.
• Successful completion of job interviews, background and reference checks, fingerprint clearance, physical examinations, and other required screenings.
• Submit required employment documents and information without false, misleading, or incomplete information.
• Ability to maintain a long and flexible schedule and meet the physical and mental demands of the role.
• Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds frequently.
• Ability to perform duties requiring prolonged sitting, frequent walking, bending, kneeling, crouching, twisting, balancing, reaching, hand manipulation, and keyboard use.
• Ability to communicate and comprehend in person and by telephone, and meet the stated vision and hearing requirements.
• Ability to use independent judgment and analytical skills, handle multiple priorities and stressful situations, adapt to shift work, and work in structured and unstructured environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive, client-centered service planning and coordination for a specified group of high-risk patients.
• Manage prioritized TCRHCC/SPHC outpatient and inpatient cases based on provider consultation, and maintain ongoing consultation with service providers.
• Collaborate with providers and other disciplines to develop and maintain a high-risk patient database and support continuity of care.
• Work proactively with Utilization Review, Public Health Nursing, Patient Benefit Coordinators, and Purchased/Referred Care.
• Facilitate communication and coordination among healthcare team members and involve clients in decision-making.
• Develop and maintain resource databases to support timely, accurate referrals and coordinated patient care.
• Develop care and service delivery plans with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams based on identified needs and available provider and financial resources.
• Monitor services and follow up to maintain continuity of care, update client service plans, and promote client self-advocacy and self-determination.
• Prepare patients and families for discharge from case management and coordinate ongoing support or direct care services with discharge planners and other entities.
• Develop reports and performance improvement projects, and establish policies, procedures, and program objectives.
• Provide case management coverage for the Adult Care Unit, Pediatric Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Obstetrics Unit, Emergency Room, and Outpatient Departments.
• Serve as a resource for patients and families on Advance Directives and facilitate informed choice, consent, and decision-making.
• Promote evidence-based care, as available, in conjunction with MCG Care Guidelines.
• Pursue professional excellence and maintain competence in practice.
• Coordinate inpatient and outpatient admissions, including obtaining beds within or outside TCRHCC/SPHC.
• Collaborate with providers and nursing personnel to ensure admissions occur seamlessly and without delay in patient care.
• Work with providers, nursing personnel, and patient benefits coordinators to ensure admission documentation and third-party resource referrals are complete before patients depart.
• Take call on scheduled weekends as deemed necessary.
• Wear appropriate PPE while on duty, complete safe donning and doffing, and discard used PPE appropriately.
• Complete task training for routine cleaning and decontamination of surfaces contaminated by communicable disease.
• Perform other duties as assigned.