RN Case Manager

About the role

The Clinic Case Manager is responsible for fostering collaboration and a team approach for successfully supporting patients with high-risk health conditions to navigate the healthcare system. Promotes empowerment by facilitating the role of an educator, resource, and advocate for patients and their families to ensure a maximum quality of life. Interacts and collaborates with multidisciplinary care teams, to include physicians, nurses, pharmacists, case managers, social workers, and other educators.

Responsibilities

• Role embedded within the primary care clinic, working directly with patients, clinical and non-clinical teams
• Participates in the identification of a focused clinic patient panel, as defined by the Chief Medical Officer
• Supports longitudinal care of the patient with chronic care conditions
• Communicates with patients, responding to patient questions via patient portal and other modalities
• Performs assessment of health conditions and implements care plan in collaboration with the member, caregiver(s), clinician(s), and/or other appropriate healthcare professionals to address need and goals
• Pursues appropriate interventions to reduce risk of condition exacerbation, ER and hospitalization utilization
• Performs medication reconciliation and collaborates with clinician partner as needed
• Conducts Motivational Interviewing and Self-Management Goal setting
• Provides patient education
• Creates referrals to appropriate agencies and resources
• Supports transition of care from Emergency Department or inpatient stay to outpatient setting
• Performs assessment of transitional needs
• Performs medication reconciliation
• Establishes and reviews contingency plan
• Provides patient education
• Affords assistance with post discharge needs such as home health care, prescriptions, transportation, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), appointments
• Coordinates with providers to establish or update individualized plan of care
• Creates referrals to appropriate internal and external resources
• Achieves Quality Measures outcomes via reduction in HEDIS Gaps in Care
• Performs accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record
• Performs triage and clinical tasks within their scope of practice
• Participates in daily huddles and monthly clinic meetings, as required
• Prepares accurate and timely reports, as required
• Maintains continued competence in nursing practice and knowledge of current evidence-based practices
• Performs ongoing updates of the care plan to evaluate effectiveness, and to document interventions and goal achievement
• Maintains a working knowledge of community resources
• Serves as facilitator and resource for other members of the Medical Group clinical team
• Attends departmental meetings and provides constructive recommendations for process improvement
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Valid AZ RN License
• Certified BLS
• 3+ years of job-related experience in a healthcare environment
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Proven skilled with MS Office software applications
• Proven excellent communication, interpersonal, organization and customer service skills
• Proven self-motivated, solid computer skills
• Proven attention to detail
• Proven ability to multi-task and work under pressure
• Valid AZ State Driver's license and access to reliable transportation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in healthcare related field
• 2+ years of experience providing prior authorization or case management within health plan or integrated system

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proficiency in MS Office applications
• Knowledge of medical terminology and healthcare systems

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

Pay

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Schedule

No specific schedule is mentioned in the job posting.

Benefits

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