RN Discharge Planner - CalAIM

Wellpath / Correct Care Solutions; Hanford (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

EAP and health coaching

Job summary

Wellpath / Correct Care Solutions in California seeks an RN Discharge Planner to coordinate daily clinical reviews, utilization management, and care transitions for CalAIM-eligible individuals. You will collaborate with medical directors, providers, and community partners to ensure safe discharge planning and continuity of care.

This role requires an active RN license, 2 years of discharge coordination experience, and prior correctional/detention facility exposure.

Qualifications

• Unrestricted, current RN license in state of employment.
• Two (2) years’ clinical experience with discharge coordination.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate clinical reviews, utilization management, and care management activities.
• Review clinical documentation, referrals, and pre-certification requests for compliance.
• Collaborate with medical directors, providers, site personnel, and care management teams.
• Monitor utilization data, claims reviews, and referral activity for accuracy and cost management.
• Provide clinical oversight of reentry care plans and coordinate with managed care plans and community providers.

Skills

Care coordination

Discharge planning

Case management

Communication

Collaboration

Education

BSN

CCM preferred

Job description

We're on a path to better healthcare.
Join us

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to "Always Do The Right Thing!", and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The RN Discharge Planner H coordinates daily clinical care, utilization management, and care management activities while ensuring compliance with nursing standards and regulatory requirements. This role provides clinical oversight of the discharge planning process for CalAIM-eligible individuals, reviewing and approving reentry care plans to ensure they are clinically appropriate and aligned with Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports. The position conducts assessments, leads care coordination with managed care plans and community providers, and supports continuity of care. As the accountable clinician for discharge planning, this role helps facilitate safe and effective transitions of care.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate clinical reviews, utilization management activities, and application of established care management criteria.
• Review clinical documentation, referrals, and pre-certification requests to ensure compliance with department guidelines and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with medical directors, providers, site personnel, and care management teams to support patient care, discharge planning, and continuity of care.
• Monitor utilization data, claims reviews, and referral activity to ensure accuracy, appropriate coding, and effective cost management.
• Provide clinical oversight of reentry care plans and coordinate with managed care plans, community providers, and CalAIM partners to support successful care transitions.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Unrestricted, current RN license in state of employment
• BSN, CCM preferred.

Experience

• Two (2) years’ clinical experience with Discharge Coordination experience
• Previous correctional/detention facility experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc. for RN license

The ideal candidate will have strong care coordination, discharge planning, and case management skills, with the ability to assess complex medical and behavioral health needs and develop effective transition-of-care plans. Candidates should be knowledgeable about Medi-Cal, CalAIM, community healthcare resources, medication coordination, and referral processes. Strong communication, documentation, critical-thinking, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills are essential, along with the ability to work effectively with justice-involved patients and community partners.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.