RN Care Manager - Cottonwood, AZ

Responsibilities

• Evaluate attributed patients identified to provide clinical care management risk attribution.
• Complete psychosocial assessments and develop care plans with identified patient to lower risk threshold for care delivery.
• Develop a relationship with primary care, specialty services, emergency and hospital networks required for inter-disciplinary care management.
• Facilitates the progression of care by advancing the care plan, identifying outcomes, implementation plan, and sets goals that are measurable, realistic, and individualized.
• Utilizes hospital, community and national resources to maintain and enhance knowledge and expertise of the care management team.
• Identifies highest quality, most effective post discharge providers and builds relationship to provide highest quality, lowest cost care at the right stage of patients recovery.
• Utilizes care delivery techniques such as teach back and motivational interviewing to support patient success.
• Supports patient to ensure appropriate compliance and support occurs to avoid readmission or poor quality outcomes.
• Maintains outcomes and develops process change to improve care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing- Required if hired after December 2018
• Master's Degree in Nursing- Preferred
• Certification & Licensures:
  • Current, unrestricted license in the State of Arizona- Required
  • BLS (American Heart Assoc.)- Required
• Fingerprint Clearance Card application number- Required upon hire
• Fingerprint Clearance Card- Required within 90 days of hire
• Experience:
  • Two years as a Registered Nurse- Required
  • Care Management or Nurse Navigator experience- Preferred