Inpatient Care Manager II

Franciscan Alliance, Inc.; Michigan City (IN); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Franciscan Alliance, Inc. is seeking an Inpatient Care Manager II to oversee discharge planning and care coordination for assigned patients at the Michigan City Campus.

The role focuses on assessing needs, planning care, and advocating for appropriate services to ensure safe transitions from hospital to post-discharge settings. The position collaborates with nursing, physicians, social workers, and ancillary staff to optimize patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Nursing required.
• Indiana RN license required.
• CCM certification preferred.
• 5 years of Nursing/Patient Care experience preferred.
• 2 years of Case Management experience preferred.

Responsabilités

• Maintain accurate, concise documentation in EPIC and flowsheets for discharge planning and payer authorization.
• Act as liaison and coordinates with hospital multidisciplinary team, post-discharge providers and patient/family for care transitions.
• Collaborate with the care team to individualize treatment plans and achieve patient outcome goals.
• Complete patient assessments to develop discharge plans and identify post-discharge needs with patient and multidisciplinary team.
• Work with quality department to improve quality of care in acute and ambulatory settings.
• Educate patient and family about identified care needs and post-acute care requirements.

Connaissances

Discharge planning

Care coordination

Nursing assessment

Documentation

Formation

Associate degree in Nursing

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

Description du poste

Franciscan Health Michigan City Campus

3500 Franciscan Way Michigan City, Indiana 46360

The Inpatient Care Manager II is responsible for working with assigned patients, including assessing, facilitating, planning, and advocating health needs on an individual basis. This position also performs admission screening for all patients in a bed for medical necessity, reviews for appropriateness of setting, utilization, care planning quality and facilitates discharge planning on admission and concurrent basis.

WHO WE ARE

With 11 ministries and access points across Indiana, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers that provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

• _ Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm. There is a weekend and holiday rotation (about every 7th weekend and holiday)_
• Maintain accurate, concise and timely documentation in EPIC and DOC flowsheets for discharge planning and payer authorization.
• Act as liaison and coordinates with hospital multidisciplinary team, post-discharge providers and patient/family with the transition of care.
• Comply with all accrediting bodies, governmental agencies, and third-party payer requirements related to discharge planning and mandated reporting.
• Collaborate with the care team (nursing, provider, social worker, ancillary team members) to individualize treatment plans to address any patient care needs in order to achieve defined goals for improved patient outcomes.
• Complete patient assessment to develop discharge plans, identifying the post-discharge needs of the patient and target appropriate resources for foll-up care, in collaboration with the patient, family and multidisciplinary care team to make the transition upon discharge seamless as possible for patients’ continuum of care, minimizing risk for readmission. Integrating insurance, financial resources, clinical picture, functional capacity, availability of resources to assure a safe appropriate discharge.
• Work with quality department to improve the quality of care in acute and ambulatory settings.
• Educate patient and family about the identified care needs, disease specific information and care, post-acute

QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate degree in Nursing required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred

• Indiana Registered Nurse (RN) required

• Certified Case Manager (CCM) preferred

• 5 years of Nursing/Patient Care experience preferred

• 2 years of Case Management experience preferred

TRAVEL IS REQUIRED:

Never or Rarely

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law.

Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights.

Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.

Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on thebenefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org.