What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Case Manager PD position at MelroseWakefield Healthcare?
At MelroseWakefield Healthcare, we re-imagine healthcare and empower people to live their best lives.
If you are a RN Case Manager who enjoys working with complex cases that require strong problem-solving skills, this is an exceptional opportunity to work close to home with a community hospital.
Job Overview
The RN Case Manager manages a designated caseload to coordinate and complete timely assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of discharge plans and care transitions across the continuum of care.
Job Description
Minimum Qualifications:
- Massachusetts RN Licensure.
- 3 Years of RN Experience.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
Hours: Per-Diem
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Interviews and collects specific information and data from patients and families, contributes to the identification of specific physical, emotional, educational and cultural needs of those patients.
- Maintains documentation of assessment findings, discharge arrangements, and actions taken according to departmental guidelines.
- Completes a discharge assessment, to include appropriate documentation, according to established policies and procedures.
- Identifies barriers to efficient cost-effective provision of care.
- Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
- Collaborates with physician, healthcare team, and the patient/family in decision making and planning of care during hospitalization and in anticipation of discharge.
- Implements the plan of care to achieve the identified expected outcomes for the patient.
- Utilizes community and other resources and systems to implement the plan facilitating referrals when appropriate.
- Provides education for the patients and families and documents according to policy.
- Coordinates activities related to financial/insurance issues, including providing clinical updates to insurance companies.
- Coordinates insurance appeals related to discharges and adhering to policies and procedures of Medicare and Medicaid.
- Assists in achieving unit quality scores which meet or exceed hospital established targets for nurse sensitive quality indicators as appropriate for the unit.
About MelroseWakefield Hospital:
MelroseWakefield Hospital and Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford are two campuses with one community in mind: the people of north suburban Boston. We focus on reducing health disparities through 40 local health programs across a system of hospitals, urgent care locations, outpatient services, and community physicians.
About Tufts Medicine:
A healthcare system that works, Tufts Medicine is more than a health system — we're a community that empowers people to live their best lives by re-imaging healthcare, advancing knowledge and pioneering discovery.
