Case Manager (CM) PRN

Kindred Healthcare; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital seeks a dedicated rehabilitation nurse or case manager to join its interdisciplinary team. This role focuses on coordinating patient care, ensuring effective communication with patients and families, and meeting documentation requirements as part of a comprehensive rehabilitation program. The ideal candidate is a licensed healthcare professional with a commitment to delivering high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years social work or case management experience in an inpatient setting highly preferred.
• Effective communication skills in English; additional languages preferred.
• Experience in acute/rehabilitation hospital preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates weekly patient care team conferences to monitor and refine treatment plans.
• Completes documentation and develops Individual Plan of Care per CMS guidelines.
• Consults with departmental staff to identify barriers to patient care.

Skills

Effective oral and written communication skills

Basic computer skills

Education

Current Registered Nurse or Social Work licensure

Certification in Case Management or Rehabilitation Nursing

Job description

Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital is proud to be recognized by Newsweek as the #1 Rehabilitation Hospital in Texas. A career at Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital, a 50-bed inpatient acute rehabilitation hospital operated jointly with Lifepoint Health and Methodist Health System, is more than a job. It’s a chance to be a vital member of an interdisciplinary team caring for people in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex who need continued care to recover completely. You have specialized skills and our patients in Dallas need them! If you are an enthusiastic individual seeking an environment dedicated to superior patient care and an organization with a strong mission to serve our community, we invite you to apply!

What you will do in this role:

• Completes departmental orientation, initial and annual competencies
• As appropriate, consults other departmental staff to collaborate in patient care delivery, identify barriers to care and or discharge and develop solutions/resolution
• Completes documentation per workflow timeline and content requirements including completion of the Individual Plan of Care (IPoC) per CMS guidelines
• Schedules family conferences and/or communicates with caregiver following each team conference and more often as needed to keep patient and designated caregiver informed of progress and provides appropriate information related to goal achievement, course of rehabilitation stay, and plans for discharge
• Coordinates weekly patient care team conferences to facilitate development, monitoring and refinement of treatment plan to achieve identified patient goals and outcomes
• Reviews the patient’s assigned CMG and helps the team identify any potential missed comorbid conditions that are actively being treated during the patient’s stay. Communicates any findings to the HIM team
• Other duties as assigned

Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital strives to maximize the health, function, and quality of life of those we serve through comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation programs. Our rehabilitation programs provide ongoing care and specialized treatment to patients throughout their recovery journey. We offer customized, intense rehabilitation tailored to the individual needs of those recovering from stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions, trauma, spinal cord injury, amputation, and orthopedic injury. We are accredited by The Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality and CARF-accredited for our Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program and Stroke Specialty Program.

• Current Registered Nurse or Social Work licensure or Healthcare professional licensure as Respiratory Therapist, Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist
• Certification in Case Management or Rehabilitation Nursing preferred; for example, Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCM); Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) certification, American Case Management Association (ACM) or Board Certification in CM by the ANCC e.g.: RN-BC
• Minimum of 2 years social work or case management experience in an inpatient setting highly preferred; acute/rehabilitation hospital experience preferred
• Effective oral and written communication skills in English, additional languages preferred.
• Basic computer skills in excel, word, outlook, power point, etc. required