What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Case Manager position at Rehabilitation Care Coordination?
Med-Legal Company is seeking a full time Nurse Case Manager in San Diego to help meet the clinical, rehab and medical needs of our clients in the San Diego & Southern California area. THIS IN AN IN-OFFICE POSITION - REMOTE WORK IS NOT AVAILABLE. YOU MUST BE IN THE OFFICE MONDAY-FRIDAY EXCEPT WHEN AT PATIENT APPOINTMENTS. THIS JOB REQUIRES DRIVING TO AND FROM APPOINTMENTS IN SAN DIEGO.
Responsibilities
· Assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating & evaluating the care needs of disabled adults/children with catastrophic injuries/illnesses.
· Demonstrates knowledge of treatment options, clinical diagnoses, and ability to accurately describe and interpret significance of findings.
· Coordinating resources and treatment options for our clients.
· Proactively identifying problems, issues, options and opportunities regarding the well being of our clients.
· Create reports and provide justification letter to the courts for special need trust clients.
· Advocate for the welfare of our clients’ and serve as liaison between client and their families and health care providers.
· Facilitates Client/Family access to community, state and federal resources to provide quality and cost effective services.
· Establishes relationships with clients, families, providers and resources within the community.
· Preparing timely and accurate monthly/quarterly reports.
Qualifications
- Must live in or be moving to the San Diego area
· Current California RN Nursing license required.
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required.
· At least two (2) years of acute nursing experience required.
Experience in rehabilitation or case management preferred.
· Bilingual (English/Spanish) or fluency in any language along with English preferred.
· Able to make the client and their care their primary focus.
· Must be a self starter.
· Able to work both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
· Computer literacy (including internet research & Microsoft office) required.
· Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written required.
· Assertive and calm in challenging situations.
· Projects a positive and professional image and a dedication to teamwork and the well-being of the client, especially during difficult periods.
Benefits
· Competitive Salary.
· Health & Dental Insurance as well as 401K & FSA available after 90-day period.
· Travel Reimbursements.
· Educational opportunities to enhance knowledge & experience in the area of nurse case management.
· Opportunity to grow and increase their role within the company.
When patients came to the rehab unit, regardless of the injury, they would make great progress working with Doreen and the team at Grossmont. Then the patient was sent home, and within six months they would return to the unit, often in worse shape than when they started.
The problem was that the patient and their family were dealing with life changing injuries and illnesses such that when they returned home, they had no idea what they needed to do moving forward. They didn’t know about the equipment they would need, the therapies or medical/rehabilitation specialists they would have to see, the programs required for good health or the benefits they could apply for. That means they would lose all the progress they had made at Grossmont on top of new problems which arose due to a lack of continuing care.
Upon leaving Grossmont, Doreen joined with a partner to found the first nurse case management and life care planning company in San Diego named Resources in Rehabilitation. It started in a corner of the office Doreen’s husband worked in and grew over time. Early on, she joined an expanding national care management company called Paradigm, serving as one of the first generations of new case managers.
At the start of 1998, Doreen and the partner decided to part ways, leaving a question mark as to next steps. Resources in Rehabilitation was growing and currently had dozens of patients as well as a number of employees. What would the next step be?
At that moment Doreen decided to continue her work. She took on the entirety of leadership of the company changed the name to Rehabilitation Care Coordination. Over time her company grew and expanded in terms of employees, cases and range. RCC eventually moved beyond San Diego to the entire Southern California region for Case management and throughout the United States for Life Care Planning.
Our reputation and work were honored in 2018 as we received the Sharp Rehabilitation Victories of Spirit award and in 2020 Doreen was a finalist for the San Diego Business Journal’s CEO of the year award.
Over the past three decades we at Rehabilitation Care Coordination have worked with thousands of patients, life care plans and case management, to help them reach their best possible outcome. We remain committed to being patient first, ensuring they have something to do, something to look forward to and someone to do it for.
Salary : $50 - $60