RN - Case Manager

Baptist Health Care; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Care is seeking a Case Manager to advocate for hospital patients and coordinate comprehensive care across the continuum, including arranging post-acute services. The role requires a strong clinical background, preferably in acute care, and the flexibility to work across hospital areas.

Responsibilities include discharge planning, utilization of resources, and education of interdisciplinary teams to ensure timely and quality patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse licensed.

Responsibilities

• Directs, coordinates, and provides case management to patients in caseload.
• Participates in discharge planning to prevent delays for observation patients.
• Completes case management assessments and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe transitions of care.

Skills

Registered Nurse License

Job description

Job Description

The Case Manager acts as a patient advocate to hospital clients. This is an autonomous role that coordinates, negotiates, procures services, and resources for, and manages the care of patients throughout the continuum of care, which includes arranging post-acute services. The Case Manager is responsible for team building, educating, and consulting interdisciplinary team members. This position provides clinically based case management, therefore requiring someone with a strong clinical background, preferably in the acute care setting. This position requires someone that is flexible and willing to work in all and/or any areas of the hospital. Case Management requires an individual that is adaptable to change and can assume any assignment wherever the need may be. The Case Manager is responsible for discharge planning, and care coordination to facilitate the delivery of quality health care and assists in the identification of appropriate utilization of resources across the continuum of care.

Job Description

The Case Manager acts as a patient advocate to hospital clients. This is an autonomous role that coordinates, negotiates, procures services, and resources for, and manages the care of patients throughout the continuum of care, which includes arranging post-acute services. The Case Manager is responsible for team building, educating, and consulting interdisciplinary team members. This position provides clinically based case management, therefore requiring someone with a strong clinical background, preferably in the acute care setting. This position requires someone that is flexible and willing to work in all and/or any areas of the hospital. Case Management requires an individual that is adaptable to change and can assume any assignment wherever the need may be. The Case Manager is responsible for discharge planning, and care coordination to facilitate the delivery of quality health care and assists in the identification of appropriate utilization of resources across the continuum of care.

Responsibilities

Directs, coordinates, and provides case management to patients in caseload. Responsible for preventing delayed discharges of observation patients. Participates in case finding and preadmission evaluation screening to ensure a safe discharge plan. Completes case management assessment of patients and support systems in order to facilitate the most appropriate and timely transition plan. Interacts, communicates, and intervenes with multidisciplinary healthcare team in a purposeful, goal-directed fashion. Works proactively to maximize the effectiveness of resource utilization. Anticipates, initiates, and facilitates problem resolution around issues of resource use and continued hospitalization and discharge planning. Consistently maintains a professional commitment to institutions and department’s goals and objectives. Demonstrates flexibility to the department’s needs in relation to floor and work schedule and any other internal and external demands on the department. Continually shows commitment to the department by extending one’s self when the need arises. Maintains current knowledge of case management, , and discharge planning, as specified by federal, state, and private insurance guidelines.

Qualifications

Registered Nurse Licensed

About Us

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includesthree hospitals, four medical parks,Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.

Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law. Certain positions may require a Level 2 Background check through AHCA. Additional information about this requirement can be found here: Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse