LTSS Service Coordinator - RN Clinician (Passaic County, NJ)

Elevance Health; Woodbridge Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health seeks an LTSS Service Coordinator - RN Clinician in New Jersey. This field-based role travels to client sites with occasional office attendance for meetings and training.

The RN guides care plans, coordinates with non-RN clinicians, and ensures licensure compliance while optimizing member health across the continuum. The position emphasizes telephonic or face-to-face assessments, collaboration with medical leadership, and coordination of long-term services and supports.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in working with individuals with chronic illnesses, co-morbidities, and/or disabilities in a Service Coordinator, Case Management, or similar role.
• Current, active valid and unrestricted RN license in applicable state(s) required.
• May require state-specified certification based on state law and/or contract.

Responsibilities

• Identifies high-risk members and coordinates care with the health care team.
• Manages members with chronic illnesses to ensure cost-effective utilization of health benefits.
• Obtains thorough member history to develop an individual care plan.
• Establishes short and long-term goals with the member and care team.
• Develops care plans and oversees service authorizations/referrals as appropriate.
• Interfaces with Medical Directors and Interdisciplinary Teams on care plans.
• Oversees non-RN clinicians in coordinating services and evaluates their performance.

Skills

Healthcare coordination

Communication

Customer service

Education

HS diploma or equivalent

Job description

LTSS Service Coordinator - RN Clinician

The candidate should reside in Passaic County, NJ.

Field : This field-based role enables associates to primarily operate in the field, traveling to client sites or designated locations as their role requires, with occasional office attendance for meetings or training. This approach ensures flexibility, responsiveness to client needs, and direct, hands‑on engagement. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The LTSS Service Coordinator - RN Clinician is responsible for overall management of member's case within the scope of licensure. Provide direction and oversight to non-RN clinicians participating in the member's case in accordance with applicable state law and contract; develops, monitors, evaluates, and revises the member's care plan to meet the member's needs, with the goal of optimizing member health care across the care continuum. Responsible for performing telephonic or face-to-face clinical assessments for the identification, evaluation, coordination and management of member's needs, including physical health, behavioral health, social services and long term services and supports.

How you will make an impact:

• Identifies members for high risk complications and coordinates care in conjunction with the member and the health care team.
• Manages members with chronic illnesses, co‑morbidities, and/or disabilities, to insure cost effective and efficient utilization of health benefits.
• Obtains a thorough and accurate member history to develop an individual care plan.
• Establishes short and long term goals in collaboration with the member, caregivers, family, natural supports, physicians.
• Identifies members that would benefit from an alternative level of care or other waiver programs.
• The RN has overall responsibility to develop the care plan for services for the member and ensures the member's access to those services.
• May assist with the implementation of member care plans by facilitating authorizations/referrals for utilization of services, as appropriate, within benefits structure or through extra‑contractual arrangements, as permissible.
• Interfaces with Medical Directors, Physician Advisors and/or Inter‑Disciplinary Teams on the development of care management treatment plans.
• May also assist in problem solving with providers, claims or service issues.
• Provide direction and oversight to LPN/LVN, LSW, LCSW, LMSW, and other licensed professionals other than an RN, in coordinating services for the member by, for example, assigning appropriate tasks to the non‑RN clinicians, verifying and interpreting member information obtained by these individuals, conducting additional assessments, as necessary, to develop, monitor, evaluate, and revise the member's care plan to meet the member's needs, and reviewing and providing input on the non‑RN clinicians' performance on a regular basis.

Minimum Requirements:

• HS diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in working with individuals with chronic illnesses, co‑morbidities, and/or disabilities in a Service Coordinator, Case Management, or similar role; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
• Current, active valid and unrestricted RN license in applicable state(s) required.
• May require state‑specified certification based on state law and/or contract.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Associates/MA/MS in Health/Nursing preferred.
• Travels to worksite and other locations as necessary.

For candidates working in person or virtually in the below location(s), the salary* range for this specific position is $41.84/hr to $62.76/hr.

Locations: New Jersey

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non‑discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

* The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success – for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market‑competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID‑19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state, and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process should submit the Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.