RN Case Manager

CommonSpirit Health; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 47,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $25,000

Relocation assistance

Excellent benefits

Clinical ladder participation

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's CHI St. Vincent in Arkansas is seeking an experienced RN Case Manager to drive coordinated patient care across the hospital stay and beyond.

You will assess, plan, and facilitate comprehensive discharge planning, advocating for patients while collaborating with physicians, nursing staff, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure timely transitions. Requirements include RN licensure in Arkansas, a master's degree in Case Management or Nursing, CPR certification, and 2+

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and a minimum of two years of acute hospital clinical experience.
• Masters in Case Management or Nursing and at least 1 year of experience.
• Registered Nurse license for Arkansas.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Completes discharge planning assessments and documents findings.
• Facilitates multidisciplinary discharge planning with patients, families, and post-acute providers.
• Oversees and evaluates the implementation of the discharge plan.
• Collaborates with the care team to ensure appropriate inpatient resource use.
• Ensures timely and smooth transitions to post-acute services based on clinical needs.
• Identifies readmission risk and implements mitigation strategies for at least 30 days.

Skills

Discharge planning

Care coordination

Readmission risk management

Education

RN license - Arkansas

Master's degree in Case Management or Nursing

CPR certification

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a RN Case Manager, you will be a central figure in patient care, seamlessly navigating the healthcare journey to achieve optimal outcomes and an exceptional patient experience.

Every day, you will strategically assess, plan, and facilitate comprehensive care across the continuum, expertly advocating for patients while collaborating with physicians, nursing, departments, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure timely, high-quality transitions.

To be successful in this role, you will possess strong clinical acumen, exceptional communication and advocacy skills, and a strategic mindset, all driven by a passion for optimizing patient care across every touchpoint.

• Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment on those patients identified by the designated screening process, or upon request. Reassess the patient as appropriate and update the plan accordingly.
• Facilitates the development of a multidisciplinary discharge plan, engaging other relevant health team members, the patient and/or patient representative and post acute care providers in accordance with the patients clinical or psychosocial needs, choices and available resources.
• Oversees and evaluates the implementation of the discharge plan.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to ensure progression of care and appropriate utilization of inpatient resources using established evidence based guidelines/criteria.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team and post-acute service providers to ensure timely and smooth transitions to the most appropriate type and setting of post-acute services based upon patients clinical needs.
• Identifies risk for readmission and implements interventions to mitigate those risks for at least a 30-day period.

We are offering a *sign on bonus up to $25,000* to hires who meet the eligibility requirements.

We also offer additional pay for participation in our clinical ladder as well as referral bonuses, excellent benefits, and relocation assistance.

• Job Requirements*Required
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience, upon hire or
• Masters Other Case Management or Nursing field. and 1 year of experience, upon hire
• Registered Nurse: AR, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 90 Days

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and At least five (5) years of nursing experience, upon hire
• Certified Case Manager, upon hire
• Accredited Case Manager, upon hire

Where You'll Work

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4500 coworkers, 1000 medical staff and 500 volunteers we consistently receive praise for care advancements. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our team member well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.

Pay Range

$34.41 - $45.43 /hour