RN Case Manager - Swing Shift

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health is seeking an experienced nurse case manager for a fully on-site role in Los Angeles. You will assess and coordinate care for diverse patients, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and efficient care.

Expect 4-day, 10-hour shifts (noon–10:30 pm) with potential weekends and holidays. Responsibilities include developing individualized care plans, conducting risk stratification, and performing utilization review while driving performance improvement.

Qualifications

• 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 and ability to work with interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess and coordinate care for a diverse group of patients with advanced practice nursing skills.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary health care team and patients’ families to ensure safe, effective care.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans using evidence-based tools for risk stratification.
• Perform utilization review and contribute to performance improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Education

BSN

MSN

Job description

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

4-day 10-hour shifts, Noon-10:30pm; may include weekends and holidays

Posted Date

07/20/2026

Salary Range: $68.81 - 88.99 Hourly

Employment Type

Duration

indefinite

Job #

31975

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

There’s nothing more exciting and rewarding than being able to make a significant, positive difference in someone’s life. At UCLA Health, you’ll experience this joy every day while also enjoying the positive, supportive, and collaborative environment that makes ours one of the most loved workplaces. Join us and find out for yourself.

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 health care 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.

At UCLA Health, our passion for delivering the highest quality patient care has enabled us to become a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. We’re also home to the world-class medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, come to UCLA Health.

Salary Range: $68.81 - 88.99 Hourly

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

Preferred: certified case manager and acute hospital experience as a case manager.

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.