RN Case Manager - Float

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 187,769,635 - 242,843,328; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health in Los Angeles is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Nurse to assess and coordinate care for a diverse patient population. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and patients' families to design and implement individualized care plans using evidence-based risk stratification tools, ensuring safe, high-quality, cost-effective care across transitions.

The role includes performing utilization review, guiding concurrent and post-hospital care, and driving performance

Qualifications

• CA RN license and BLS certification required.
• Minimum three years of acute hospital experience or equivalent education and experience.
• Experience in case management, utilization management and discharge planning.
• Strong leadership and communication with interdisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of large university teaching hospital systems.

Responsibilities

• Assess and coordinate care for diverse patient population.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans using risk stratification tools.
• Perform utilization review and ensure safe, high-quality care across care transitions.
• Drive performance improvement initiatives within a busy university hospital setting.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Systems thinking

Education

BSN

MSN

ASN accepted for UCLA Health staff

Job description

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Using your advanced practice nursing skills, you will be responsible for assessing and coordinating care for a diverse group of patients. You will collaborate and consult with a multi-disciplinary healthcare team as well as with patients and their families to ensure safe and effective coordination of care. This involves developing and implementing individualized care plans utilizing evidence-based tools for risk stratification to ensure delivery of safe, high quality, efficient, and cost-effective care. You will also perform utilization review while assuring the delivery of concurrent and post-hospital care. We’re also looking to you to help drive performance improvement efforts.

Salary Range: $65.53 - $84.75Hourly

Job Qualifications

We’re seeking a self-directed, creative problem solver with a:

• BSN or MSN (ASN accepted for current UCLA Health Nursing staff)
• CA RN License and BLS certification
• Recent experience in case management, utilization management and discharge planning
• Minimum of three years of acute hospital experience; or the equivalent of education and experience
• Strong leadership abilities
• Systems planning and patient care management experience in a high-volume work environment
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams
• Knowledge of a large university teaching hospitals

General Medicine, ED, pediatrics, and surgery/transplantexperience is preferred.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.