Job Description

RN Care Manager at Intermountain Health summary:

The RN Care Manager is responsible for assessing and coordinating care for patients with complex medical needs, including discharge planning and post-acute referrals. This role emphasizes collaboration with healthcare teams and the development of individualized care plans by collecting in-depth information about patients' medical and social conditions. The RN Care Manager aims to enhance patient care quality and resource utilization while advocating for patients' rights and connecting them with community resources as needed.

Job Description:

Responsible for assessment, care coordination, discharge planning, and post-acute referrals for patients with complex medical and/or social determinants of health needs in the acute hospital setting.

Job Description

• Coordinates the care and services for patients identified as needing assistance or meeting Care Management criteria. 
• Collects in-depth information about a patient’s medical, functional, and social condition, to identify individual needs in order to develop a plan to meet those needs.
• Works with patients and family/caregivers to determine specific goals and actions based on assessment. 
• Coordinates discharge planning. 
• Executes specific interventions to meet established goals. 
• Organizes, integrates and coordinates the necessary resources to accomplish the goals and plan.
• Assists the care team in developing a plan of care which includes but is not limited to assuring appropriateness of services and care setting, assuring individualized support and education, determining the need for continued services, planning for discharge, and identifying and connecting patients/families with available community resources if needed. 
• Collaborates with Physicians and other members of the health care team on the patient’s behalf. 
• Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of patient assessment and plan of care to ensure effective integration of information for use by the health care team to ensure on-going and continued quality of care.
• Identifies appropriate admission and continued stay issues.
• Enhances the quality of patient care through effective and efficient use of resources. 
• Helps to identify strategies for reducing length of stay and appropriate utilization of services. 
• Utilizes criteria including clinical pathway data and implements strategies to resolve controllable variances. 
• Attends, facilitates and participates in interdisciplinary rounds and case conferences. 
• Advocates for patient rights.
• Promotes mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abides by service behavior standards.
• May be required to work days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing is required.
• BSN or ASN/ADN degree with BSN degree required within 4 years of hire.
• 3 years Registered Nurse experience.

Preferred:

• BSN at time of hire is preferred.
• 3 years Care Manager experience in an acute or ambulatory setting is preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read
information, documents, monitors, identify
equipment and supplies, and be able to assess
customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers,
colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and
visitors that require employee to verbally
communicate as well as hear and understand
spoken information, needs, and issues quickly
and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to
manipulate complex and delicate equipment
with precision and accuracy. This includes
frequent computer use for typing, accessing
needed information, etc.

Location:

St. Marys Regional Hospital

Work City:

Grand Junction

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$36.35 - $54.53

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado and Montana based caregivers.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Keywords:

RN Care Manager, patient assessment, care coordination, discharge planning, acute care, healthcare team, community resources, patient advocacy, care management, health objectives

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Holiday work, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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