Inpatient Registered Nurse Care Manager

Concord Hospital; Laconia (NH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Concord Hospital in New Hampshire is seeking an Inpatient Nurse Care Manager to partner with a multidisciplinary team to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care, incorporating clinical, psychosocial, and family factors in the care plan and transitions of care. The role focuses on securing resources and coordinating with payers to ensure patient safety and continuity of care.

The position requires an Associate degree in nursing (Bachelor's preferred) with an NH RN license and at least

Qualifications

• Associate degree in nursing; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Current NH RN license.
• 2 years acute care facility experience in care management, discharge planning, QA and utilization review.

Responsibilities

• Provides assessment of clinical, psychosocial, and family factors affecting care.
• Performs initial and concurrent reviews for medical necessity and care level.
• Documents admission history and EMR data.
• Interfaces with patients, families, physicians, nurses, social workers, and outside facilities to coordinate care.
• Provides information to third party payers with required documentation of medical necessity.
• Leads discharge planning and transitional care arrangements.
• Applies evidence-based guidelines to determine appropriate level of care.
• Communicates care plans and coordinates with care teams to optimize patient outcomes.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Motivational skills

Written & verbal communication

Team collaboration

Education

Associate's degree in nursing

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Summary

The Inpatient Nurse Care Manager, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patients, incorporating the clinical, psychosocial, and family factors specific to the care and disease management plan. Communicates and manages the transitions of care and assists patient and family to navigate the health care systems. Recognize and intervene to secure resources necessary for the care and safety of the patient and family across the continuum of care. The Inpatient Care Manager will recognize and intervene to secure resources necessary through collaboration with financial payers/insurers for the care and safety of the patient and family across the continuum of care.

Education

Associate's degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program. Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Licensure required: Current NH RN License.

Experience

• Acute Care Facility experience of 2 years in a clinical specialty or Care Management, Discharge planning, Quality Improvement and Utilization Review.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal, organizational and motivational skills.
• Demonstrates ability to function as a team player.
• Proficient in written and verbal communication.

Schedule

Monday through Friday 40 hours a week

Responsibilities

• Provides assessment and evaluation of patient for clinical, psychological and social factors that may contribute to their disease process and may require specific or complex continuing care needs and supportive services.
• Provides an initial review and concurrent reviews as required for each patient for clinical, psychological and social factors that may contribute to the disease process for determination of appropriateness of status, severity of illness and intensity of treatment.
• Review of admission history and document in EMR.
• Interfaces with patient, physicians, nurses, social workers, other hospital departments, community based facilities, services and financial institutions as necessary, to affect changes in the management of cases, monitoring delivery of services and/or to secure the necessary resources.
• Provides information to third party payers with required documentation of medical necessity.
• Provides support to the patient and families and provides evaluation and coordination with care planning and patient safety while arranging for transitional care and discharge planning needs.
• Through utilization review determines if patient is meeting criteria of evidence-based clinical guidelines for appropriate level of care.
• Identifies the need to execute the appropriate letter when medical necessity is not met and issue letters of patient liability regarding the hospital admission.
• Bases care management and utilization review actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make sound clinical judgment/decisions.
• Documents measurement and evaluation of financial, clinical, functional and satisfaction outcomes as patient progresses towards desired goals.
• Evaluates and responds to the learning needs of clients, clinicians and community regarding discharge planning and utilization review.
• Manages the care and utilization review of simple to complex multi-system patients by using time and resources efficiently.
• Provides leadership to members of the health care team relative to discharge and care planning.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Applicants to and employees of this company are protected under federal law from discrimination on several bases. Follow the link above to find out more. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, you may contact Human Resources at 603-230-7269.

Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak. The employee is frequently required to bend, do fine motor, do repetitive motion, hear, kneel, reach, sit, squat, stand, and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, and electrical hazards - shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Diversity (& Culture & Values)

Concord Hospital (CH) is a nationally-accredited, progressive regional health system. Over the past two decades, CH has evolved from a community hospital to a $550 million net revenue regional integrated health system with more than 4,700 employees, leaders and clinicians who are talented, mutually supportive, and community centered in helping the organization meet its community mission. CH has sophisticated clinical and management practices. The organization consistently performs among the top ten percent of national organizations and has received many national accolades (e.g., most wired, Press Ganey's summit award).