Registered Nurse - Case Manager

Core Duties:
• Participate in all phases of the Case Management Program (CMP) and ensure that the CMP meets established case management (CM) standards of care.
• Provide nursing expertise about the CM process, including assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring. Identify opportunities for CM and identify and integrate local CM processes.
• Develop and implement local strategies using inpatient, outpatient, onsite and telephonic CM
• Develop and implement tools to support case management, such as those used for patient identification and patient assessment, clinical practice guidelines, algorithms, CM software, and databases for community resources.
• Integrate CM and utilization management (UM) and integrating nursing case management with social work case management.
• Maintain liaison with appropriate community agencies and organizations.
• Accurately collect and document patient care data.
• Develop treatment plans including preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, psychosocial, and clinical interventions to ensure continuity of care toward the goal of optimal wellness.
• Establish mechanisms to ensure proper implementation of patient treatment plan and follow-up post discharge in ambulatory and community health care settings. Provide appropriate health care instruction to patient and/or caregivers based on identified learning needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree:Possess a Bachelor’s degree of Nursing from an accredited university. With one of the certifications below OR Possess a Master’s Degree in Nurse Case Management from a program accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
• Education:Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Experience:Possess a minimum experience of at least 5 years as an RNCM within the past 7 years.

* Certification:Possess and maintain a current certification from one of the following accredited organizations: (CCM), (CDMS), (CRRN),(COHN), (ACCC), (CRC), (RN-NCM),(CMC) OR Possess a Master’s Degree in Nurse Case Management from a program accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

• Licensure:Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse 

* Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
* Life Support Certification: Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.

Benefits
 

* Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits!
* Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal Holidays! 

* Medical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, and Health Savings Account available!
* Annual CME Stipend and License/Certification Reimbursement!

* Matching 401K!