RN Case Manager

CHI; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI St. Vincent in Arkansas is seeking a Registered Nurse Case Manager to coordinate patient care across the continuum, advocating for patients and collaborating with physicians, nursing, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure timely, high‑quality transitions.

The role emphasizes clinical acumen, strong communication, and a strategic mindset to optimize patient outcomes at every touchpoint; requires AR RN licensure, acute hospital experience, and CPR/BLS within 90 days.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with active RN license in Arkansas.
• Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience.
• Masters in Nursing or Case Management field; with relevant experience.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) / CPR within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Completes and documents discharge planning assessments.
• Leads multidisciplinary discharge planning with patient and post-acute providers.
• Oversees and evaluates discharge plan implementation.
• Collaborates with healthcare team to ensure appropriate inpatient resource use.
• Manages transitions to post-acute services based on clinical needs.
• Identifies readmission risk and implements 30-day interventions.

Skills

RN license

Acute care

Care coordination

Discharge planning

Discharge planning

Advocacy

Education

AR RN license

MS in Nursing or Case Management

BSN preferred

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.

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

$41.00 - $41.00 /hour