RN Care Manager, Inpatient (Part Time, Days)

Kaiser Permanente Northwest

Salem (OR)

In loco

USD 63.000 - 96.000

Part-time

6 ore fa

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Kaiser Permanente Northwest is seeking an Inpatient Care Manager RN to assure the appropriate level of care, coordinate transitions, and support discharge planning for complex patients. You will work with physicians and the care team to optimize resources while maintaining quality.

Responsibilities include thorough assessments, developing care plans, and ensuring safe transfers across settings. Requires Oregon RN license and BLS within 3 months; part-time, onsite in Salem, OR.

Competenze

Minimum of two years RN experience in Med/Surg, ICU, ED, Home Health, SNF, Hospice, LTAC or Inpatient Rehab.
Experience with Utilization Management and discharge planning processes.
Ability to document assessments clearly and completely for care transitions.

Mansioni

Coordinates post-discharge patient care to ensure timely, effective hospital discharge.
Documents assessments that are thorough, timely, age-appropriate, and reflective of care needs.
Develops mutually agreeable plans of care with patients, families, and healthcare teams.
Facilitates safe transfers and ensures right care at the right time to improve quality and utilization.
Maintains ongoing communication with interdisciplinary staff and services for transitions.
Ensures regulatory and compliance standards are met in collaboration with the care team.

Conoscenze

Care coordination

Discharge planning

Documentation

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient advocacy

Formazione

RN program completion

Oregon RN license

High School Diploma or GED

BLS within 3 months

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Job Summary

Inpatient Care Managers are Registered Nurses who independently assure patients are admitted to the correct level of care for accurate billing and reimbursement, provide quality, cost effective clinical coordination/care management in acute care and emergency care settings, manage patients with routine and complex transition planning needs by: independently assessing needs, developing and implementing plans of care for transitions across care settings. Inpatient Care Manager also serve as expert consultants and educators for physicians and other health care team members for discharge and transitional care, coordination of internal and community resources, and support the evaluation and improvement of systems of care to support the optimal utilization of health care resources, while maintaining quality of patient care. The Inpatient Care Manager assumes primary accountability for anticipating, assessing, developing, implementing, documenting, advising, and communicating a safe transition plan of care for patients with complex care needs.

Essential Responsibilities

Coordinates post-discharge patient care needs to assure the timely and effective discharge of routine and complex patients from the hospital setting.
Independently and proactively completes and documents patient assessments which are thorough, timely, age appropriate, and reflect psychosocial support systems, care needs, health plan benefits, level of care determinations for hospitalized patients.
Coordinates and communicates with patients, families, and the health care team to develop mutually agreeable plans of care that optimize the use of resources to support the particular needs of individual patients.
Facilitates resolution of issues which present barriers to safe transfers through the use of patient/team care conferences to assure the efficient transition to a lower level of care and to assure the patient/family receives the right care at the right time so that quality and utilization of resources are simultaneously enhanced.
Ensures systematic and ongoing contact with interdisciplinary staff and continuing care services to assure the safe transition of patients across care settings.
In collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team, ensures regulatory and compliance standards are met.
Perform duties as requested.

Experience

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum of two years combine RN experience in the following areas:
Med/Surg (hospital acute care)
ICU (hospital acute care)
Emergency Department
Home Health
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Hospice
Long Term Acute Care
Inpatient Rehab
Utilization Management

Education

Successful completion of an RN program by date of hire.
High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

Registered Nurse License (Oregon) required at hire
Basic Life Support within 3 months of hire

Additional Requirements

Demonstrated ability to interrelate with physicians, nurses, support staff, and patients in interdisciplinary approach.
Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and work as a constant patient advocate.
Basic physical, psychosocial, functional assessment skills.
Familiar with care processes related to discharge and transitional facilities and services.
Familiar with care processes related to discharge and transitional facilities and services.
Thorough knowledge of principles of teaching and delegation, assessment skills and care planning and appropriate utilization of acute hospital, long-term care and home care resources.
Able to develop concise and thorough documentation of patient clinical assessment and care needs.
Highly effective problem solving, written and verbal communication, customer service, organizational and time management skills.
Ability to provide culturally competent care.
Ability to navigate conflict in high pressure situations.

Preferred Qualifications

Certified in Case Management.
Knowledge of appropriate utilization of acute hospital and Kaiser Permanente internal resources.
Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid regulations related to eligibility requirements: hospital, nursing facilities, home
health, hospice, and Durable Medical Equipment (DME).
Knowledge of utilization management principles and tools.
Demonstrated clinical judgment and customer-focused service skills.
Knowledge of principles of patient teaching, disease prevention measures, and physical assessment as it relates to the
needs of patient and the next level of care.
BSN or bachelors degree and MSN

Notes

Sun-Sat variable including holidays and weekends

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.