Accountable Care Manager

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals is looking for a Registered Professional Nurse at Bellevue to coordinate patient care from admission to discharge. This role emphasizes patient-centered quality care and collaboration with healthcare professionals.

Required qualifications include a valid New York State RN license and a Baccalaureate degree in Nursing, along with two years of nursing experience. The role also mandates certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).

Qualifications

• Valid New York State license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse.
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Two years of experience as a Registered Professional Nurse.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor management of patient-centered quality care.
• Facilitate patient progress from admission through discharge.
• Communicate with health care providers regarding discharge planning.

Skills

Patient-centered quality care

Collaborative problem solving

Discharge planning

Effective communication

Data analysis

Education

Baccalaureate degree in Nursing or related health field

Job description

Marketing Statement

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 700,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality health services without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships among all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position:

Under general supervision, with varying degrees of latitude for independent initiative and judgment, coordinates and monitors the management of patient-centered quality care, ensuring optimal utilization of resources, service delivery, and compliance with external review requirements and applicable state and federal rules and regulations and nursing standards of care for better outcomes and improved patient experience. Facilitates patient’s progress from admission through discharge, and promotes strategies and forums for collaboration and mutual problem solving.

Examples Of Typical Tasks

• Reviews each patient’s chart. Ensures that documentation in the medical record supports plan of care and justifies admission and continued stay.
• Coordinates and/or participates in multidisciplinary rounds; reviews plan of care; and discusses estimated length of stay, need for continued hospitalization and appropriateness of resources utilization, consultations, treatment plan and discharge plan. Completes Patient Review Instrument (PRI).
• Collaborates and consults with physicians and other health care professionals to reach an efficient pathway of care taking and to identify, eliminate, and implement solutions to barriers, and collects and analyzes related data, as needed.
• Communicates with the health care setting investigation/reimbursement department and third-party payers to obtain authorizations and ensure appropriate reimbursement, and provides clinical reviews and updates to managed care companies, as needed.
• Plans and implements strategies to reduce length of stay, reduce resource consumption, and achieve positive client/patient outcomes. May coordinate the implementation of health care setting initiatives designed to increase revenue. Maintains all related records and documentation.
• Initiates discharge planning by assessing client/patient and family needs, including but not limited to identifying non-medical psychosocial needs and post discharge medical needs. Informs patient and family of discharge planning options based on diagnosis, prognoses, resources and preferences related to home care services.
• Coordinates and facilitates timely implementation of discharge plans for patient; assures timely completion of discharge, transfer and referral forms, prescriptions, and discharge orders; arranges follow-up care, as appropriate.
• Performs or coordinates the post Emergency Department discharge phone call to patient and health care providers to facilitate/coordinate and verify that successful linkage to care occurred.
• Maintains effective communication with physicians, nursing staff, clients/patients, families and others related to discharge planning; coordinates with social services personnel to provide needed services.
• Contacts and directly engages patient’s primary care physician and/or health care providers to support continuity of care and effective care transition.
• May interview, orient, train, mentor and coach new care management staff, and coordinate and supervise the performance of care coordinators and social work staff performing discharge planning and assessment.
• May collaborate in the development of departmental policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines and critical pathways for designated targeted diagnosis.
• May act as an educational resource and provide consultation regarding case management, discharge planning process, clinical documentation requirements and applicable federal, state and local regulations; may identify benefits, implications, and limitations of home care.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED).
• A Baccalaureate degree in Nursing or related health field from an accredited college or university.
• Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).
• Two (2) years of experience as a Registered Professional Nurse.