Inpatient Care Manager (RN) - Per Diem, Days, 8am-4pm, Hackettstown Medical Center

Case Management Society of America (CMSA) ®; Hackettstown (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Hackettstown is seeking a dedicated Case Manager to oversee patient care across the continuum of illness. The role involves coordinating care, managing interdisciplinary teams, and ensuring optimal clinical outcomes. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and a valid New Jersey Nursing License. Experience in Acute Care is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of Acute Care experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages, coordinates, and facilitates care delivered to patients.
• Ensures daily chart review and comprehensive clinical documentation.
• Formulates and implements discharge plans for safe patient transitions.

Skills

Collaboration

Assessment

Care Coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

BSN

Job description

Job Description

Responsible for providing care and services of selected member populations across the continuum of illness. Ensures effective utilization and monitors health care resources. Manages the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical and resource outcomes. Works with the Supervisor/Manager of Case Management to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate services and outcomes to maximize the health of the patient.


Principal Accountabilities:

1. Manages, coordinates, and facilitates the care delivered to patients through patient/family assessment and multidisciplinary collaboration.
2. Ensures daily chart review, utilization reviews, coordination of discharge planning activities and comprehensive clinical documentation in the electronic medical record.
3. Provides interdisciplinary patient care rounds, and identifies and works to resolve quality of care issues, barriers to the progression of care and discharge delays.
4. Formulates, coordinates and implements discharge plans and an efficient plan of care to ensure safe, timely and effective discharge plan.
5. Works with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to manage and assist the patient care plan.
6. Performs variance tracking, outcome analysis and identifies problems to assess the effectiveness of the clinical pathways.
7. Servers as a representative of the department and for the hospital community outreach.
8. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:
1. Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field.
2. Valid New Jersey Nursing License Required.

Preferred:
1. BSN preferred.
2. Minimum of 3 years of Acute Care experience is strongly preferred.

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