RN - Case Manager

Cynet HealthStaff; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Cynet HealthStaff is seeking an experienced RN Case Manager for a 13-week assignment in California. The role focuses on care management, coordinating patient care across the multidisciplinary team from admission through discharge.

The ideal candidate holds an RN license in the state, has BLS, and brings strong collaboration, communication, and case-management skills to optimize patient outcomes in an acute care setting.

Qualifications

• RN license in the state of practice is required.
• RN Care Manager certification is a must-have.
• Strong collaboration and communication with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate continuum of care from pre-admission to post-discharge.
• Liaise between patient, family, nurse, physicians and the care team.
• Lead interdisciplinary care plans and ensure timely resource use.
• Monitor admission, discharge planning and length of stay.
• Ensure regulatory and accreditation data collection.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

RN competency

Care coordination

Communication skills

Education

RN license (state of practice)

Job description

RN - Case Manager

Profession: RN

Specialty: Care Management

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: Day Shift

Hours per Shift: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Experience: Minimum years of experience required

License: Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice required

Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Must-Have: RN Care Manager certification

Description:Provides excellent patient care by assisting in the collaboration, development, implementation, revision, and reporting of the case management program.Acts as a liaison between the patient, family, nurse, physicians, multidisciplinary team, and the patient’s healthcare benefactor to optimize outcomes.Serves as a consultant to the healthcare team on specific patient items.Coordinates a continuum of care for a defined population of patients from pre-admission through post-discharge.Assures that patients and families proceed efficiently through the course of hospitalization.Leads the coordination of patient care with other disciplines within the care team, monitoring the appropriateness and timeliness of care.Ensures the interdisciplinary care plan is consistent with the patient's clinical course, continuing care needs, and covered services by monitoring diagnostic testing, treatments, procedures, and other aspects of patient care as appropriate for acute care.Discusses with physicians the appropriateness of resource utilization, consultations, treatment plan, estimated length of stay, and discharge plan.Focuses on complex patients, frequent emergency department utilizers, chronic pain patients, substance abuse patients, and homeless patients.Collaborates with acute care case managers to ensure appropriateness of ongoing care.Coordinates the transfer of patients to tertiary centers, including the transfer of patient information required for continuity of ongoing treatment and services.Provides oversight and collects data required for regulatory and accreditation compliance.Manages frequent emergency department visitors by conducting focus study reviews of previous and current admissions.Performs other job-related duties as assigned.