Registered Nurse Care Manager - Case Management

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is seeking a Registered Nurse Care Manager - Case Management to coordinate patient transitions and optimize care across the continuum. This role emphasizes proactive assessment, timely discharge planning, and collaboration with physicians, social work, and other care providers.

The position requires RN licensure, a BSN (or active pursuit with plan to complete within five years), and at least three years of acute hospital care

Qualifications

• State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or actively pursuing degree with plan to obtain within five years.
• Three years of acute hospital care experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate initial patient assessments within 24 hours of admission.
• Collaborate with social work and other disciplines for safe transitions of care.
• Assess patient/family needs to reduce barriers and plan discharge.
• Identify LOC orders and communicate with utilization management.
• Review DRG/LOS to support discharge planning with providers.
• Assess readmission risk and initiate interventions for transitions.
• Make referrals to social services and post-acute resources as SOP directs.
• Communicate daily with physicians, patients, families, and care team.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and care management reviews.
• Document assessments, plans, interventions in EMR for discharge.
• Identify barriers early and coordinate with care team and payers.
• Report avoidable delays to leadership and adjust plans accordingly.
• Represent integrated care management on teams and performance committees.
• Ensure follow-up PCP appointments are arranged prior to discharge.
• Adhere to policies and maintain efficient operations.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

RN licensure

Job description

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 center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Registered Nurse Care Manager - Case Management

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.

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).

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, m anages anticipated discharge date and e nsures 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: 26010372
• Daily Work Times: 8:00am-4:30pm
• 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.