ED RN Care Manager- EJGH

100 LCMC Health; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Care Manager role at 100 LCMC Health coordinates patient care across the continuum, deploying care plans, education, and transitions to optimize outcomes.

You will conduct outbound calls, collaborate with the care team, and document workflows in EPIC, with a focus on quality, cost management, and compassionate patient support.

Schedule includes 12-hour shifts, 8 am-8 pm, with weekend rotation; Louisiana nursing license required and 2 years of Care Management or ED experience.

Qualifications

• Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana.
• 2 years of professional nursing - Care Management experience or ED experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop individualized care plans with prioritized goals considering patient and caregiver involvement.
• Make outbound calls to assess patient health status.
• Identify gaps or barriers in treatment plans and coordinate care referrals.
• Ensure discharge planning includes necessary services and medications reconciliation.
• Triage symptom-based calls per approved protocols for a wide range of patients.
• Enroll patients and manage alerts for home monitoring programs.
• Provide general health information and guidance to callers from approved sources.
• Document all workflows in EPIC for tracking and quality assessment.
• Educate patients for self-management of wellness and disease.
• Collaborate with care partners, leadership, and physicians to discuss care plans.

Skills

Nursing license

Care management experience

Job description

Your job is more than a job You overthink every care option and scenario because, as a Care Manager, you're the hub of your patient's case management and care plan. You assure quality through the continuum of care, collaborate with members of the care team, and implement the plan of care and transition strategies. Achieving the best possible patient outcomes, appropriate length of stay, efficient utilization of resources, coordination of patient, family, and staff communication and education is the center of your nursing universe. You give new meaning to a 9 to 5 schedule because caring doesn't stop just because you've punched a clock and neither does your innovative brain. If it were your loved one, you'd expect nothing less, so you give so much more. Gatekeeper, facilitator and decision-maker, and hand-holder, you apply nursing knowledge, logic, and a little "extra" heart into everything you do. We love that about you. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your "little something extra" all add up to you. And we're excited to get to know you and find out what you'll bring to this case management nursing role.

Schedule: 12 hour shifts - 8 am-8 pm and rotate weekends

Your Everyday

• Develop individualized care plans, including prioritized goals, that consider the patient's and caregivers' goals, preferences and desired level of involvement in the care management plan.
• Make outbound calls to assess patient's current health status.
• Identify gaps or barriers in treatment plans.
• Coordinate care for members and makes referrals to outside sources.
• Ensure members discharging from hospital or emergency department receive the necessary services and resources, including medication reconciliation.
• Triage symptom-based calls per approved protocols for a wide range of patients.
• Enroll patients and manage alerts for various home monitoring programs.
• Provide approved general health information and guidance to public caller from approved sources by assessing needs of the caller.
• Document all workflows in EPIC system for purposes of tracking and quality assessment.
• Provide patient education to assist with self-management of wellness and disease.
• Educate enrolled members on chronic and acute disease processes.
• Interact with LCMC Health care partners, leadership and/or physicians to discuss clinical questions, concerns, strategies, and care plans to achieve quality and cost management objectives.
• Demonstrate energy, excitement, and a passion for quality work.

The Must-Haves Minimum:

• Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
• 2 years of professional nursing - Care Management experience or ED experience.

WORK SHIFT: Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary

Your extras

Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do You are welcome here. LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things make the difference.

About LCMC Health

One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you're the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let's make every day extraordinary, together.