What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse Care Manager position at McLaren Health Care?
Department: Case Management
Daily Work Times: 7:30am-4:00pm
Shift: Days
Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 80
Benefits:
Essential Functions and Responsibilities as Assigned:
Required
Daily Work Times: 7:30am-4:00pm
Shift: Days
Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 80
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Essential Functions and Responsibilities as Assigned:
- Performs care coordination assessments for initial assessment of patients with 24 hrs. of admission. assessments for readmission and transition planning.
- Works collaboratively with the social worker and other disciplines to ensure a safe, appropriate, and timely transition to the next level of care, taking into consideration the patient’s available resources.
- Assesses patient/family needs to reduce barriers and formulate discharge plans (e.g., LOS barriers to D/C).
- Identifies unsigned level of care (LOC) orders; communicates with utilization management nurse and obtains orders from providers.
- Reviews current DRG/LOS identified within Cerner to assess discharge planning needs with providers and identifies which family member is the point of contact.
- Assesses risk of readmission for specified patient populations and initiates assigned interventions that will enhance the patient’s ability to successfully transition along the care continuum.
- Performs discharge planning coordination/referral by making appropriate referrals to social services, ancillary departments, outpatient case management, DME, post-acute placement, and other outside agencies per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
Required
- State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing from accredited educational institution, or actively pursuing degree and to be obtained within five years of accepting position.
- Three years of acute hospital care experience
- Experience in utilization management/case management, critical care, or patient outcomes/quality management
- Certification in Case Management Certification (ACM or CCM)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification as a Healthcare Provider by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross or equivalent through the Military Training network (MTN)
- Schedule: Full-time
- Requisition ID: 26002621
- Daily Work Times: 7:30am-4:00pm
- Hours Per Pay Period: 80
- On Call: No
- Weekends: Yes