RN Care Manager PRN - UMC

100 LCMC Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Care Manager to serve as the central hub for patient case management and care plans. You will collaborate with the care team, implement plans, and coordinate transitions to ensure quality and safe outcomes.

Responsibilities include developing individualized plans, coordinating care, educating patients, and documenting workflows in EPIC. A Louisiana-licensed RN with at least 2 years of nursing/care management experience is required.

Qualifications

• Current nursing license required to practice.
• Minimum 2 years of professional nursing or care management experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop individualized care plans and goals with patient and family.
• Make outbound calls to assess health status and follow up.
• Identify gaps or barriers in treatment plans and coordinate care across providers.
• Coordinate care and referrals to outside sources.
• Ensure discharge planning and medication reconciliation where applicable.
• Triage symptom-based calls per approved protocols.
• Enroll patients in home monitoring programs and manage alerts.
• Educate patients to support self-management and disease understanding.
• Document workflows in EPIC for tracking and quality.
• Collaborate with care team and physicians to meet quality and cost objectives.

Skills

Care coordination

Nursing license

Patient education

Education

RN license

Job description

Job Overview

As a Care Manager you will serve as the hub of your patient’s case management and care plan. You assure quality through the continuum of care, collaborate with members of the care team, implement the plan of care and transition strategies, and focus on achieving the best possible patient outcomes. You manage coordination of patient, family, and staff communication and education, ensuring appropriate length of stay, efficient resource utilization, and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Develop individualized care plans, including prioritized goals, that consider the patient’s and caregivers’ goals, preferences, and desired level of involvement.
• Make outbound calls to assess patient’s current health status.
• Identify gaps or barriers in treatment plans.
• Coordinate care for members and make referrals to outside sources.
• Ensure members discharged from hospital or emergency department receive necessary services and resources, including medication reconciliation.
• Triage symptom‑based calls per approved protocols for a wide range of patients.
• Enroll patients and manage alerts for various home monitoring programs.
• Provide approved general health information and guidance to public callers from approved sources by assessing needs of the caller.
• Document all workflows in EPIC system for purposes of tracking and quality assessment.
• Provide patient education to assist with self‑management of wellness and disease.
• Educate enrolled members on chronic and acute disease processes.
• Interact with LCMC Health care partners, leadership and/or physicians to discuss clinical questions, concerns, strategies, and care plans to achieve quality and cost management objectives.
• Demonstrate energy, excitement, and a passion for quality work.

Shift

Days (United States of America)

Qualifications

• Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
• Minimum 2 years of professional nursing or care management experience.

Equal Opportunity Statement

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Related Information

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.