RN Inpatient Care Manager: Discharge & Transition Lead

Kaiser Permanente Northwest; Oregon; On-site; USD 180,922,000 - 275,995,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center is seeking an Inpatient Care Manager RN to oversee discharge planning and clinical coordination for complex cases. You will collaborate with physicians, nurses, and care teams to ensure safe transitions and optimal resource use.

The role emphasizes regulatory compliance, thorough assessments, and proactive communication with patients and families across care settings. Onsite schedule supports flexible shifts.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years combined RN experience in Med/Surg, ICU, ED, Home Health, SNF, Hospice, LTAC, Inpatient Rehab, and Utilization Management.
• Active RN license required; multi-state credentials preferred.
• BSN or MSN preferred per qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates post-discharge patient care needs to assure the timely and effective discharge of routine and complex patients from the hospital setting.
• Independently and proactively completes and documents patient assessments which are thorough, timely, age appropriate, and reflect psychosocial support systems, care needs, health plan benefits, level of care determinations for hospitalized patients.
• Coordinates and communicates with patients, families, and the health care team to develop mutually agreeable plans of care that optimize the use of resources to support the particular needs of individual patients.
• Facilitates resolution of issues which present barriers to safe transfers through the use of patient/team care conferences to assure the efficient transition to a lower level of care and to assure the patient/family receives the right care at the right time so that quality and utilization of resources are simultaneously enhanced.
• Ensures systematic and ongoing contact with interdisciplinary staff and continuing care services to assure the safe transition of patients across care settings.
• In collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team, ensures regulatory and compliance standards are met.
• Perform duties as requested.

Skills

RN clinical experience

Care management coordination

Discharge planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Education

RN license

BSN preferred

Job description

Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center is seeking an Inpatient Care Manager RN to oversee discharge planning and clinical coordination for complex cases. You will collaborate with physicians, nurses, and care teams to ensure safe transitions and optimal resource use.

The role emphasizes regulatory compliance, thorough assessments, and proactive communication with patients and families across care settings. Onsite schedule supports flexible shifts.