Infectious Disease Care Manager RN

Hugh Chatham Health, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 53,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health benefits

Educational Assistance Program

Retirement plans

Job summary

Advocate Health in Charlotte, NC seeks a Care Management professional (RN) to coordinate patient care across the care continuum. You will work with the care team and families to ensure timely, quality, and cost-effective services.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Nursing, an RN license, and typically 5 years of clinical nursing or 1–2 years care management experience. Epic EMR experience and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• RN license in the state where the team member practices.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related field.
• Typically requires 5 years of experience in clinical nursing or 1–2 years of care management experience.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates communications among patient/family, multidisciplinary team, medical management team, community resources and other disciplines to anticipate, identify, evaluate, and act to resolve any potential barriers and constraints to delivery of care in a timely manner.
• Collaborates with the patient/family and inter-professional team including the primary care team, hospital care team, post acute care managers, and other care partners to provide a model of care that ensures the delivery of quality, efficient, and cost-effective healthcare services.
• Uses evidenced-based approaches to increase patient and family activation and engagement in their own care and helps develop SMART goals. Assists in the development, procurement, and adoption of patient self-management educational resources.
• Identifies potential barriers to learning and/or delivery of care; reports abnormal findings and helps develop a plan.
• Independently manages CM caseload according to department expectations; ensures timely completion of tasks and documentation for MCO, regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Partners with identified at-risk patients through diagnosis, treatment and follow-up to deliver continuity of care and respond to changes in patient status.
• Coordinates patient information and communication between patient/family, facilities, physicians, and care partners to ensure smooth transitions of care.
• Coordinates referrals to other internal or external departments as necessary.
• Demonstrates knowledge to provide age-appropriate care; understands growth and development across the lifespan and assesses patient data to determine age-specific needs.

Skills

Communication

Self-directed

Oral communication

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Organizational skills

Epic EMR

Microsoft Office

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related field

Tools

Epic EMR

Microsoft Office

Job description

Advocate Health in Charlotte, NC seeks a Care Management professional (RN) to coordinate patient care across the care continuum. You will work with the care team and families to ensure timely, quality, and cost-effective services.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Nursing, an RN license, and typically 5 years of clinical nursing or 1–2 years care management experience. Epic EMR experience and strong communication are essential.