Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager, Clinical Support Specialist - $50-77perhour

Tenet Desert; Joshua Tree (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Desert is seeking a Clinical Support Specialist (RN/Case Management) to facilitate ongoing care coordination and transitions for patients. The role emphasizes psycho-social assessment, discharge planning, and collaboration with physicians, families, and other departments to ensure timely throughput and safe readmissions prevention.

The position requires a Master of Social Work (MSW) with ACM preferred and typically 2+ years of acute hospital experience.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work (MSW) is required.
• Accredited Case Manager (ACM) preferred.
• Minimum of two years acute hospital experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate care along a continuum through resource coordination to promote optimal health and appropriate utilization of resources.
• Assess patients for transition needs and identify those at risk for readmission.
• Conduct complex psycho-social assessments and interventions for timely throughput and safe discharge.
• Support transition management and patient satisfaction.
• Coordinate care and communicate with physicians, families, and other departments.
• Provide departmental reports and participate in staff hiring/training as needed.
• Ensure documentation accuracy in Tenet Case Management systems.

Skills

Organizational skills

Verbal and written communication

Leadership and coordination

Critical thinking

Computer literacy

Education

MSW

ACM preferred

Job description

Job Description & Requirements

Specialty:

Clinical Support SpecialistDiscipline:

RNDuration:

OngoingEmployment Type:

StaffJob type:

Full TimeShift:

DaysHours:

0800-1630Schedule:

10 shifts per two week pay period. Rotating weekends required.SUMMARY: The individual in this position is responsible to facilitate care along a continuum through effective resource coordination to help patients achieve optimal health, access to care and appropriate utilization of resources, balanced with the patient's resources and right to self-determination. The individual in this position has overall responsibility to assess the patient for transition needs including identifying and assessing patients at risk for readmission. Conducts complex psycho-social assessment and interventions to promote timely throughput, safe discharge and prevent avoidable readmissions. This position integrates national standards for case management scope of services including: Utilization Management supporting medical necessity and denial preventionTransition Management promoting appropriate length of stay, readmission prevention and patient satisfactionCare Coordination by demonstrating efficient throughput while assuring care is sequenced and provided at the appropriate level of careCompliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, TJC accreditation standards and Tenet policyEducation provided to physicians, patients, families and caregiversProvides educational programs for Case Management Department on community resource use in discharge planningProvides reports to Director of Case Management and hospital leadership as requestedProvides management of the department, but not limited to, hiring/training/managing staff, schedule coordination, analysis and reporting, interfacing, collaborating and working closely with the other departments

• a) complex psycho-social transition planning assessment and reassessment and intervention,
• b) assistance with adoptions, abuse and neglect cases, including assessment, intervention and referral as appropriate to local, state and /or federal agencies,
• c) care coordination,
• d) implementation or oversight of implementation of the transition plan,
• e) leading and/or facilitating multi-disciplinary patient care conferences including Complex Case Review,
• f) making appropriate referrals to other departments,
• g ) communicating with patients and families about the plan of care,
• h) collaborating with physicians, office staff and ancillary departments,
• i) assuring patient education is completed to support post-acute needs ,
• j) timely, complete and concise documentation in Tenet Case Management documentation system,
• k ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information,
• l) and other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications include Master in Social Work (MSW)Accredited Case Manager (ACM) preferred.Minimum of two years acute hospital experience preferred.

Required skills include demonstrated organizational skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to lead and coordinate activities of a diverse group of people in a fast paced environment, critical thinking and problem solving skills and computer literacy.