Registered Nurse Care Manager

McLaren Health Care; Mount Clemens (MI); Presencial; USD 70.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a Registered Nurse for Care Management to coordinate patient transitions across the continuum. This full-time role supports discharge planning and works with physicians, nurses, social workers and other teams to optimize LOS and resource use.

The position requires an RN license and a BSN, with at least 3 years of acute hospital care experience; daily hours are 0800–1600, with a standard full-time schedule.

Formación

• RN licensure in the state of Michigan (or compact state).
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited program.
• Three years of acute hospital care experience.

Responsabilidades

• Perform care coordination assessments within 24 hours of admission.
• Coordinate discharge planning and transition to next level of care.
• Collaborate with social workers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe transitions.
• Identify barriers to discharge and facilitate timely planning.

Conocimientos

Utilization management

Case management

CCM/ACM certification

BLS Certification

Educación

Registered Nurse licensure (RN)

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Descripción del empleo

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Department: Care Management
Daily Work Times: 0800-1600
Shift: Days
Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 80

Position Summary: Accountable for proactive coordination and timely transition of assigned patients to the most appropriate level of care along the continuum. Impacts key results such as achieving top decile performance in length of stay, cost efficient resource utilization, preventing readmissions and unnecessary emergency room visits. Works collaboratively with physicians, nursing, members of the multidisciplinary team (such as Home Care and PCP offices), as well as other resources internal and external to the organization.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities as Assigned:

1. Performs care coordination assessments for initial assessment of patients with 24 hrs. of admission. assessments for readmission and transition planning.
2. Works collaboratively with the social worker and other disciplines to ensure a safe, appropriate, and timely transition to the next level of care, taking into consideration the patient’s available resources.
3. Assesses patient/family needs to reduce barriers and formulate discharge plans (e.g., LOS barriers to D/C).
4. Identifies unsigned level of care (LOC) orders; communicates with utilization management nurse and obtains orders from providers.
5. Reviews current DRG/LOS identified within Cerner to assess discharge planning needs with providers and identifies which family member is the point of contact.
6. Assesses risk of readmission for specified patient populations and initiates assigned interventions that will enhance the patient’s ability to successfully transition along the care continuum.
7. Performs discharge planning coordination/referral by making appropriate referrals to social services, ancillary departments, outpatient case management, DME, post-acute placement, and other outside agencies per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

Qualifications:

Required

• State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from accredited educational institution, or actively pursuing degree and to be obtained within five years of accepting position.
• Three years of acute hospital care experience

Preferred:

• Experience in utilization management/case management, critical care, or patient outcomes/quality management
• Certification in Case Management Certification (ACM or CCM)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification as a Healthcare Provider by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross or equivalent through the Military Training network (MTN)

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26004572
• Daily Work Times: 0800-1600
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.