AWARDED* Registered Nurse Case Manager (RN) - Case Management

Are you a results-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact to patients, caregivers, and your community? At Doctors Medical Center of Modesto hospital, were seeking an innovative and experienced healthcare leader to drive excellence and inspire our team towards exceptional patient outcomes and operational success.

At Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Registered Nurse ’s responsibilities include the following activities:

• Accurate medical necessity screening and submission for Physician Advisor review,
• Care coordination,
• Transition planning assessment and reassessment,
• Implementation or oversight of implementation of the transition plan,
• Leading and facilitating multi-disciplinary patient care conferences,
• Managing concurrent disputes,
• Making appropriate referrals to other departments, h ) identifying and referring complex patients to Social Work Services,
• Communicating with patients and families about the plan of care,
• Collaborating with physicians, office staff and ancillary departments,
• Leading and facilitating Complex Case Review,
• Assuring patient education is completed to support post-acute needs ,
• Timely complete and concise documentation in Case Management system, n ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information,
• Identification and documentation of potentially avoidable days,
• Identification and reporting over and underutilization,
• And other duties as assigned

Shift: Days

Hours:

Job Type: Per Diem

Job Summary:

The RN Case Manager is responsible to facilitate care along a continuum through effective resource coordination to help patients achieve optimal health, access to care and appropriate utilization of resources, balanced with the patient’s resources and right to self-determination.
The Registered Nurse has overall responsibility for ensuring that care is provided at the appropriate level of care based on medical necessity and to assess the patient for transition needs to promote timely throughput, safe discharge and prevent avoidable readmissions.
Registered Nurse integrates national standards for case management scope of services including:

• Utilization Management supporting medical necessity and denial prevention
• Transition Management promoting appropriate length of stay, readmission prevention and patient satisfaction
• Care Coordination by demonstrating throughput efficiency while assuring care is the right sequence and at appropriate level of care
• Compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, TJC accreditation standards and Tenet policy
• Education provided to physicians, patients, families and caregivers

• CA RN license
• 20 years adult acute care case management experience

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