RN Case Manager - PT - Days - $5K Sign on Bonus - MHP

About the Role

The RN Case Manager coordinates the care and service of patient populations from admission through discharge. Collaboratively with inter-disciplinary teams, the RN Case Manager works to build a comprehensive case management plan through effective care coordination and utilization of healthcare resources to achieve desired clinical and financial goals. Key responsibilities include partnering with the healthcare team to ensure all aspects of the patient’s needs—clinical, psychosocial, and financial—are adequately addressed in the transition of the care plan, and managing the patient’s timely progression of care and safe transition to the next most appropriate level of care.

Responsibilities

• Performs ongoing chart review to identify actual or potential issues, which may include service delivery, patient outcomes and satisfaction, compliance, cost, and reimbursement.
• Participates in discharge planning, including coordinating patient transfers to other facilities and coordinating community resources. Provides discharge education and resource referrals to patients.
• Monitors patient and family satisfaction. Responds to questions and complaints from patients, family members, and payers regarding care.
• Consults with physicians and multidisciplinary teams regularly to evaluate the patient's status and appropriateness of medical care, including admission, length of stay, transfer, and discharge.
• Makes appropriate referrals to social workers and identifies appropriate hospice candidates, communicating with physicians regarding options.
• May collect and assess data to identify quality trends or actual sources of risk to patients and employees. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and committees concerning quality outcomes.

Requirements

• Accredited Program: Nursing (Required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider certification required upon hire (American Heart Association or Red Cross)
• Registered Nurse Compact License (RN LICENSE COMPACT) or Registered Nurse License (RN LICENSE) - State of Florida (FL)
• Minimum one (1) year of experience in a hospital-based Case Management practice or five (5) years in healthcare

Skills & Competencies

• Accountability
• Analysis and decision making
• Clinical policies and standards
• Customer service
• Discharge planning and clinical effectiveness
• Patient and family-centered care
• Responding to change
• Standards of behavior
• Teamwork

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Physical Demands:
  • Keyboard entry: 80%
  • Lifting/carrying patients 35 pounds or greater: 40%
  • Lifting or carrying 0–25 lbs non-patient: 60%
  • Pushing or pulling 0–25 lbs non-patient: 60%
  • Pushing or pulling 26–75 lbs non-patient: 60%
  • Reaching: 60%
  • Repetitive movement hand/arm: 80%
  • Sitting: 80%
  • Standing: 80%
  • Walking: 80%
• Sensory Requirements:
  • Audible speech: 80%
  • Hearing acuity: 80%
  • Depth perception: 80%
  • Distinguish color: 60%
  • Seeing (far and near): 80%
• Environmental Exposures:
  • Biohazardous waste: 60%
  • Biological hazards (respiratory, skin, or ingestion): 60%
  • Blood and/or bodily fluids: 60%
  • Communicable diseases and/or pathogens: 60%
  • Dust: 60%
  • Gas/vapors/fumes: 60%
  • Hazardous chemicals: 60%
  • Hazardous medication: 40%
  • Latex: 60%
  • Needles/sharp objects: 60%
  • Potential for physical assault: 60%
  • Wet or slippery surfaces: 60%