Care Progression Manager, Full-Time, Days, Stratford (Hybrid)

About the role

The Care Progression Manager collaborates across interdisciplinary teams to advance health system strategies, including initiatives focused on value-based care and payer population management. Partners with clinical, operational, and financial stakeholders to align care progression workflows with organizational goals for quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The Care Progression Manager progresses patients care based upon medical criteria for in-patient status.

Responsibilities

• Oversee population to ensure timely progression of care, safe discharge planning, and appropriate post-acute services using evidence-based criteria.
• Identifies patient clinical conditions, testing and value based clinical interventions that can be completed in the ambulatory space with appropriate follow-up.
• Apply clinical criteria to monitor medical necessity, reduce avoidable days, and resolve barriers to care in collaboration with physicians, nursing, and utilization management.
• Collaborates in the development and implementation of performance improvement activities in collaboration with care management, physician, utilization management.
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Monitor length of stay, readmissions, and throughput metrics; identify trends; and contribute to initiatives that improve efficiency and patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Nursing
• 5 years experience in-patient acute care hospital
• Excellent communication (oral and written) required to facilitate reviews and discussions with providers.
• RN - Licensed Registered Nurse_NJ - State of New Jersey Upon Hire
• Physical Demands: Lift and carry 40-50 lbs. Examples: Push/pull patients on bed, stretcher (requires 29 lbs. push force), lateral transfers up to 50 lbs. of the patient's weight. Frequent to continuous standing/walking. Patient transporters can walk 8-10 miles per shift. Patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree Nursing
• Knowledge of care and utilization management
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills to manage case load and communicate with multi-disciplinary team members.
• Ability to work independently and set priorities to ensure appropriate use of hospital resources.
• Ability to lead individuals and groups.

Benefits

• Medical (including prescription) insurance
• Supplemental insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plans
• Tuition assistance
• Voluntary benefits providing access to group rates on insurance and discounts
• Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full‑time service or two years of part‑time service
• Medical (including prescription) insurance available to all colleagues, including those who work less than part‑time (per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps)

Pay

Salary Range: $80,720.21 to $117,902.40 Annual. The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience, skills and qualifications. This position is not eligible for an annual incentive. Positions posted as annual salaries reflect an estimated amount for a 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) (i.e., 40 hour equivalent); positions for less than 1.0 FTE will be prorated.

Schedule

Hybrid schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am‑4:30 pm. Tuesdays and Thursdays are remote.