Case Manager RN

Jefferson Health; Philadelphia, Northern (Philadelphia County, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Retirement Plan

Job summary

Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Case Manager RN to coordinate discharge planning and ensure safe patient transitions across the continuum of care. The role emphasizes advocacy for patients and families, and collaboration with the care team to facilitate progression through the hospital stay.

Responsibilities include monitoring progress, identifying barriers, and participating in multidisciplinary rounds to optimize discharge planning and patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed registered nurse (RN).
• Experience in discharge planning and care coordination.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate discharge planning for a defined patient population.
• Facilitate communication among the healthcare team and patient/family.
• Monitor patient progression and identify barriers requiring escalation.
• Escalate unresolved barriers to Department Leadership.

Skills

Nursing

Discharge planning

Care coordination

Job description

## Case Manager RNApply: Gibbon Building: Full time: Posted Today: REQ-0034773**Number of Positions In Requisition**1**Job Details**The Case Manager RN utilizes advanced nursing skills and knowledge to comprehensively coordinate care for a defined patient population to facilitate patients through the continuum of care. Coordinates all aspects of discharge planning and establishes a safe discharge plan for assigned patients.**Job Description****Essential Functions**· Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson. Advocates for the patient and family throughout the entire episode of care.· Functions as a resource to facilitate communication among the healthcare team and patient/family.· Facilitates patient progression throughout the patient’s hospital stay.· Reviews patient length of stay/barriers data to facilitate patients’ progression during Multidisciplinary Rounds and Escalation/Outlier meetings.· Reviews patients’ status daily to identify issues requiring priority interventions or attention which may impact the established discharge plan.· May facilitate daily patient Plan of Care Huddle Rounds functioning as the Patient· Progression Leader or supports the identified Patient Progression Leader.· Monitors patient’s progress intervening as necessary to ensure patient progresses· efficiently. Proactively identifies and resolves barriers to patient care and/or progression to discharge.· Escalates unresolved barriers to Department Leadership.**Work Shift**Workday Day (United States of America)**Worker Sub Type**Regular**Employee Entity**Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.**Primary Location Address**111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaNationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years. Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. **Benefits**Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.