Care Manager Registered Nurse RN Full Time

About the role

Joining AdventHealth is about extending the healing ministry of Christ. You'll be part of a community that values the whole person, providing care in body, mind, and spirit.

Responsibilities

• Participates in multi-disciplinary rounds to review patient status, progression, and level of care, and discharge plans.
• Educates patients and families on emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness and mobilizes family/community resources.
• Assesses readmitted patients for their perceived reasons for readmission.
• Organizes and facilitates patient and family care conferences with the multidisciplinary team.
• Documents discharge planning evaluation, ongoing assessment, discharge plans, MDRs, barriers to progression of care, avoidable days, and patient and family needs according to standard work.
• Communicates with payors to obtain authorization for post-acute care as needed.
• Assesses patients' and families' wholistically for discharge planning needs in the inpatient, observation, and emergency departments, including prior functioning, support systems, financial, and psychosocial factors.
• Develops discharge plans with appropriate contingency plans throughout the hospital stay to ensure timely care coordination and progression of care, making arrangements for post-acute care services and facilities as well as community care for social needs.
• Leverages technology and follows standard work and best practices to communicate with post-acute care services and facilities to ensure patient care information is communicated for continuity of care, medical records are complete, and discharge reconciliation is accurate.
• Communicates with post-acute care services and facilities to ensure patient care information is communicated for continuity of care, medical records are complete, and discharge reconciliation is accurate.

Requirements

• Associates of Nursing [Required]
• Bachelors of Nursing [Preferred]
• Registered Nurse (RN) [Required]
• Basic Life Support (BLS) [Preferred]
• Certified Case Manager (CCM) [Preferred]
• Accredited Case Manager (ACM) [Preferred]

Skills and Abilities

• Leadership skills [Required]
• Process and Outcome data analysis skills [Required]
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills [Required]
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize levels of importance [Required]
• Customer service skills [Required]
• Ability to work and communicate with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded and adaptable to change [Required]
• Effective organizational skills [Required]
• Computer proficiency with Outlook e-mail and electronic medical records [Required]
• Flexible in a complex and changing healthcare environment [Required]
• Knowledge of community resources and post-acute care programs across the continuum [Required]
• Knowledge of clinical and social factors that affect the patient's functional status at discharge [Required]
• Knowledge of CMS Conditions of Participation for Discharge Planning [Required]
• Conflict management and resolution skills [Required]
• Teamwork principles [Required]

Education

• Associates of Nursing [Required]
• Bachelors of Nursing [Preferred]

Field of Study

N/A

Work Experience

• 2+ medical/hospital nursing experience [Required]
• Prior Care Management/Utilization Management experience [Preferred]

Additional Information

N/A

Physical Requirements

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Pay Range

$35.04 - $65.17