Registered Nurse (RN) Care Manager Inpatient

Aurora Health Care; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health's Sinai Medical Center in downtown Milwaukee is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager for inpatient care management on a cardiac/medical unit. You will collaborate with social work, families, and the care team to assess needs, plan discharges, and support utilization management.

You'll conduct comprehensive assessments, develop timely care plans, and coordinate smooth transfers while ensuring regulatory compliance and high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• RN license/Registration in the practice state
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred
• Minimum 2 years of clinical nursing experience
• Strong inpatient background, with multi-disciplinary teams
• Care management/discharge planning experience, EPIC familiarity, knowledge of community resources

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments and create timely care plans
• Collaborate with patients, families and the multidisciplinary team to meet goals
• Provide continuity of care and discharge planning aligned with regulatory standards
• Coordinate transfers and handoffs across units and settings
• Deliver case management services using community resources
• Initiate referrals and document discharge planning and UM activities
• Perform concurrent/retrospective reviews using approved criteria
• Partner with Social Work to implement safe care plans
• Identify and remove discharge barriers; expedite care delivery and report UM outcomes
• Collaborate with managers, physicians and medical directors on status and compliance
• Complete UM activities and CMS notices within deadlines
• Build relationships with community agencies for ambulatory care coordination
• Educate staff on admission status, UM, care coordination and regulatory requirements
• Provide age-appropriate care per departmental standards

Skills

Discharge planning

Care coordination

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Registered Nurse (RN) – RN Case Manager inpatient Sinai Medical Center

Where You Will Work

Milwaukee, WI, United States Downtown Milwaukee This is for inpatient care management, partnered with social work, to perform discharge planning for patients on a cardiac/medical unit.

Help patients transition safely through their hospital stay. Partner with patients, families, and the care team to assess needs, coordinate services, plan discharges, and support utilization management.

We’re Looking For

License/Registration/Certification: Registered Nurse License issued by the state in which the Team Member practices.

Level of Education: preferred Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Years of Experience: 2 years of clinical nursing experience

Strong clinical background, preferred inpatient experience, comfortable working with multi-disciplinary teams

preference to -Previous Care Management/Discharge planning experience, experience with EPIC, knowledge of community resources

What You’ll Do

• Conduct comprehensive assessments and create timely care plans & interventions
• Collaborate and negotiate with patients/families and the multidisciplinary team to meet goals and preferences
• Provide continuity of care and discharge planning aligned with regulatory standards
• Coordinate smooth transfers and handoffs across units and settings
• Deliver case management services (healthcare access, finances, housing, family dynamics, illness adjustment) using community resources
• Initiate internal/external referrals; document discharge planning and UM activities accurately and on time
• Perform concurrent/retrospective reviews using approved criteria
• Partner closely with Social Work and support staff to implement safe, effective plans of care
• Identify and remove barriers to discharge; expedite care delivery and report care coordination/UM outcomes
• Collaborate with managers, physicians, medical directors, and physician advisors on status, progression of care, and regulatory compliance
• Complete UM activities (payer updates, data collection, denials coordination, avoidable delay management); deliver CMS notices within required timeframes
• Build relationships with community agencies; collaborate with Ambulatory Care Management/Continuing Health
• Educate staff on admission status, acute care criteria, UM, care coordination, discharge planning, and regulatory requirements
• Provide age-appropriate care per departmental standards

About This Location:

From preventive and diagnostic care to some of the most advanced medicine in the world, we’re dedicated to putting the patient at the center of all we do. Located in downtown Milwaukee, we offer comprehensive, state-of-the-art services and expert doctors in an atmosphere designed to promote healing and overall well-being.

We are also home to tomorrow’s health care professionals and pioneering treatment options, with the University of Wisconsin Medical School’s Milwaukee Clinical Campus at our location.

Be The Nurse Who Redefines Care.

At Advocate Health, being a nurse means more than delivering exceptional clinical care—it means leading with purpose, compassion, and boldness. As part of our One Advocate Nurse community, you’ll join a unified team committed to lifting others up, embracing innovation, and creating inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive. You’ll be empowered to think boldly, collaborate with humility, and drive change through fearless curiosity. Whether you're at the bedside, in the community, or advancing care through research and education, you’ll help shape the future of health—because here, we’re redefining care for you, for us, for all.

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