Registered Nurse Care Manager – Case Management

McLaren; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren is seeking a Registered Nurse with strong care coordination skills to manage patient transitions across the continuum. The role emphasizes timely discharge planning, collaboration with physicians and social work, and reducing readmissions.

A minimum of three years in acute hospital care and Michigan RN licensure are required. The position entails coordinating with post-acute services, documenting in the EMR, and ensuring patient safety during transitions.

Qualifications

• RN licensure required in the state of Michigan.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited program; or pursuing degree with five years to obtain.
• Three years of acute hospital care experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform care coordination assessments for initial admission within 24 hours and for readmission planning.
• Collaborate with social work and disciplines to ensure safe, timely transitions to next level of care.
• Assess patient/family needs to reduce barriers to discharge and plan LOS.
• Identify unsigned LOC orders and coordinate with utilization management for orders.
• Review DRG/LOS data to inform discharge planning and identify point of contact.
• Assess readmission risk and initiate interventions to aid transition along the care continuum.
• Coordinate discharge planning referrals to social services, case management, and post-acute providers.
• Act as liaison among physician, patient, family, nursing and healthcare team.
• Document assessments, plans, interventions, barriers, and reassessments in EMR to facilitate discharges.
• Identify and report barriers and delays from the care plan to leadership.
• Represent the care management department on teams and outcomes committees.
• Ensure follow-up PCP appointments are arranged before discharge.
• Maintain operations by following policies and procedures.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

RN licensure

Job description

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. Assess 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).

8. Acts as a liaison by collaborating and communicating daily with the physician, patient, family, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team.

9. Actively participates in clinical case review/rounds with the interdisciplinary team.

10. Documents in the electronic medical record (EMR): assessment, plans, interventions, barriers, and reassessments to facilitate discharges and/or transitions, manages anticipated discharge date and ensures all pertinent information is transferred to post-acute agency.

11. Identifies barriers early in the patient’s stay, formulating a plan with the patient, family, internal and external members of the healthcare team, payers, and community resources.

12. Identifies and reports avoidable day/variances and/or service delays from established plan of care to leadership.

13. Represents the integrated care management department on various teams and performance outcomes committees and projects.

14. Ensures patients follow up appointment with PCP has been made prior to discharge.

15. Maintains effective operations by following policies and procedures.

16. Performs other related duties as required and directed. 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: 26011062

• Daily Work Times: 8:00am-4:30pm

• Hours Per Pay Period: 80

• On Call: No

• Weekends: No