RN/Case Management

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the Rehabilitation Center. The role focuses on MDS, care coordination, and discharge planning within CMS guidelines.

Required Florida RN license and an associate degree in nursing; bachelor’s degree preferred. One year of experience is expected, with opportunity for certification in MDS within a year. Equal opportunity employer committed to safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in nursing is required.
• Two years or more of relevant work experience preferred.
• Minimal Data Set (MDS) certification or ability to obtain within 1 year preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs MDS, case management, utilization review, QA, and discharge planning duties.
• Conducts CMS-guided patient assessments including care planning and AHCA documentation prep.
• Promotes wellness and collects data for CMS transmission.
• Determines patient needs based on illness, prognosis, and social supports.
• Coordinates discharges to community or long-term care settings.
• Ensures facility compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Collaborates with healthcare team.

Skills

MDS interpretation

Discharge planning

Care coordination

Team collaboration

Education

Associate degree in nursing

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Job description

WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with over 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community.TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region's only:

• Level II Trauma Center


• Primary Stroke Center


• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care


• Pediatric Intensive Care


• The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle.

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT

Your Role:

• Performs Minimum Data Set (MDS), case management, utilization review, quality assurance (QA), and discharge planning duties.


• Conducts federally mandated patient assessments based on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines, including appropriate care planning, interdisciplinary communication, and Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) documentation preparation.


• Promotes wellness.


• Is responsible for collecting integral data and compiling/transmitting data to CMS.


• Determine patients' needs based upon illness, diagnosis, prognosis, and social support systems.


• Contacts appropriate agencies to coordinate patient discharges into the community or long-term care settings.


• Ensures facility compliance with applicable state and federal regulation.


• Collaborates with other members of the healthcare team.

Reports To:

• Administrator, Rehabilitation Center (JC: 013501) [with delegation (as needed) to RN/Director, Rehabilitation (JC: 030101)]

Supervises:

• None

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO APPLY

Required Education:

• Associate degree in nursing.

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing.

Required Experience:

• One (1) year of relevant work experience.

Preferred Experience:

• Two (2) or more years of relevant work experience

Required Certification/License/Registry:

• Florida RN license.

Preferred Certification/License/Registry

• Minimal Data Set (MDS) certification or ability to obtain certification within one (1) year of employment.

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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen, background check, reference verification, health assessment, and credential/license verification.