RN Care Manager - Per Diem (Hospital)

Employment Type: Part time, On-Site

About the Role

The Acute Care Manager coordinates and manages care to assist patients in meeting their multiple needs, ensures handover and continuity of services, and decreases fragmentation of care and services. Works collaboratively with members of the interprofessional acute care, ambulatory, and post-acute care management teams to improve communication across the continuum of care.

Responsibilities

• Participates in Performance Projects (A3) as determined by Manager/Director.
• Ensures appropriate clinical documentation to support level of care.
• Analyzes the patient's current clinical status, treatment plan, and past medical history to identify potential gaps in physician documentation.
• Identifies the principal diagnosis and all secondary conditions, co-morbidities, complications, and procedures documented in the medical record.
• Serves as a consultant and educator with medical staff regarding status, placement, payer requirements, and utilization of resources.
• Assures appropriate sequencing of care/interventions for optimal results and smooth transition along hospital care and continuum.
• Proactively identifies and removes barriers that impede the progress of care.
• Coordinates level of care appropriateness with admission status determination.
• Assures clear admission order and acts on cases not meeting admission criteria.
• Anticipates principal diagnosis and procedures.
• Maintains current knowledge of basic health care economics, trends, and reimbursement methodologies, applying this knowledge to daily practice.
• Recognizes situations requiring immediate intervention.
• Continues professional development to apply knowledge and skills necessary for providing care appropriate to each patient.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing preferred with a minimum of 3 years clinical experience.
• 3-5 years of direct patient care or case management experience in a similar size and scope hospital preferred.
• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Florida.
• BLS Required; ACLS Preferred.

Must demonstrate the ability to analyze clinical, financial, and social situations independently, identifying problems and alternative courses of action, and directing the healthcare team with urgency.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit packages including medical, dental, vision, and paid time off.
• 403B retirement savings program with employer matching.
• Education assistance.

About the Organization

Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a full-service, non-profit Catholic hospital sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and a member of Trinity Health. We are committed to providing compassionate and holistic person-centered care. As the only Catholic hospital in Broward and Palm Beach counties, we serve people and communities as part of Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation.

We live and breathe our guiding behaviors: supporting each other in serving, communicating openly and respectfully, being fully present, holding ourselves accountable, and trusting in the goodness of intentions.