Inpatient Care Manager-BSN

Jefferson Health; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Jefferson Health seeks an Inpatient Care Manager-Registered Nurse to coordinate comprehensive patient care across the continuum. The role combines clinical practice with care management and education, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to optimize outcomes and minimize unnecessary utilization.

The position emphasizes discharge planning, resource management, and performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and system efficiency.

Qualifications

• RN license required (PA/NJ with appropriate board).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with 3 years care coordination or related experience.
• 1 year EMR experience required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate comprehensive care across the continuum for a designated patient population.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans.
• Ensure safe, timely discharge planning and post-acute arrangements.
• Document in EMR and communicate with physicians, families, and teams.

Skills

Leadership

Care coordination

EMR experience

Communication

Nursing knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Master’s Degree in Nursing (preferred)

Tools

EPIC ACM

CCM certification

Job description

Number of Positions In Requisition 1 Job Details

The Inpatient Care Manager-Registered Nurse applies leverages nursing expertise to coordinate comprehensive care for a designated patient population across the continuum of care. This role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized care plans while ensuring safe and timely discharge planning. The Inpatient Care Manager-Registered Nurse serves as a clinician, care manager, and educator, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to achieve high-quality, cost-effective outcomes. Additionally, the individual actively manages resources to minimize unnecessary utilization and supports performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and system efficiency.

Job Description Summary

The Inpatient Care Manager-Registered Nurse applies leverages nursing expertise to coordinate comprehensive care for a designated patient population across the continuum of care. This role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized care plans while ensuring safe and timely discharge planning. The Inpatient Care Manager-Registered Nurse serves as a clinician, care manager, and educator, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to achieve high-quality, cost-effective outcomes. Additionally, the individual actively manages resources to minimize unnecessary utilization and supports performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and system efficiency.

Job Duties

• Conducts comprehensive assessments at the patient entry to determine anticipated length of stay, discharge needs, and resources;
• Develops and implements individualized plans of care and transition plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Coordinates safe and timely discharge planning, including securing post-acute authorizations, arranging transportation, homecare, and facility placements, and facilitating transfers when needed.
• Monitors and manages patient progress through daily review, participating in multidisciplinary rounds, initiative-taking identification and resolution of barriers to discharge.
• Documents all relevant information accurately and timely in the electronic medical record, adhering to departmental policies and compliance standards.
• Advocates for patients and families, addresses clinical, educational, and psychosocial needs while ensuring their preferences are reflected throughout the care continuity.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare teams and provides the patient and/or family in the development and implementation of plans.
• Coordinates team and/or family conferences when necessary to facilitate patient’s care progression.
• Refers patient/significant other to community-based services/resources to meet patient’s continuum of care needs.
• Communicates effectively with physicians, patients, families, and team members to facilitate referrals, authorizations, and resolution of medical necessity issues and coordination of transition and discharge planning.
• Assists patients/families with self-management through education via in person visits, telephonic and electronic engagement and encourages and supports patient adherence to their discharge care plans.
• When necessary, initiates medical assistance application in a timely manner, as needed, or ensures medical assistance application has been initiated by identified external agencies, as needed.
• Follows up with identified external service regarding application.
• Maintains current knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and other payer systems, including benefits, reimbursement methodologies, and conditions of participation.
• Delivers required regulatory notices, within established times (as applicable to facility).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Nursing 3 years experience in one of the following settings: care coordination, disease management, home health care, hospital, or physician office setting and 1 year prior electronic medical record (EMR) experience.
• Ability to incorporate strategies for interacting with persons from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to set priorities to coordinate care plans efficiently.
• Knowledge of computer applications and analytical tools.
• Knowledge of nursing theory and application of learning theory.
• Proven leadership skills.
• RN - Licensed Registered Nurse_PA - State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire or RN - Licensed Registered Nurse_NJ - State of New Jersey Upon Hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree Nursing.
• Familiar with EHRs: EPIC ACM - Accredited Case Manager - American Case Management Association within 3 Years or CCM - Certified Case Manager - Commission for Case Manager Certification within 3 Years.

Additional Qualifications

Current RN License in state of practice required.

Physical Demands

Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer

This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular Employee Entity Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.

Primary Location

2301 South Broad Street,, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

About Jefferson

Nationally 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.

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Employer Commitment

In keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees. If you are enthusiastic, caring and dedicated to service excellence, we invite you to consider joining Jefferson. Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education. With a long standing history, Jefferson has been advancing the medical field from the heart of Center City Philadelphia for nearly 200 years. Our Mission, We Improve Lives, expands to every corner of the organization. From our weekly farmer’s market, to our new Jefferson Accelerator Zone for innovation, our employees’ passion for the community is evident by the daily gestures towards our patients, students and each other.