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Job Description
RN- Case Manager
Overview The RN Case Manager integrates and coordinates the clinical care of individuals. Facilitates the interdisciplinary plan of care in order to meet multiple service needs, promotes continuity through elimination of fragmentation of care/service and facilitates the effective utilization of resources. Serves as educator and a central source of communication for the individual and their support systems. Qualifications EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS Bachelor's in Science of Nursing CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS Registered Professional Nurse (RN) License in state of Illinois upon hire. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position. Work will require travel to all 3 Carle Health hospitals. Required to drive your own vehicle for business purposes. SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English.Basic computer knowledge using word processing, spreadsheet, email and web browser. Responsibilities Care Coordination * Screens 100% of adult Medical Surgical In-patient and observation patients and assesses the individual's health status including clinical conditions, support systems and resources to identify needs and make referrals to appropriate multi-disciplinary services. * Prioritizes patients for care coordination based on defined criteria.* Monitors and coordinates an interdisciplinary plan of care in partnership with the individual and their support services for needs and services across the health care continuum and for transition through the levels and locations of care. * Assumes accountability for the development and implementation of an effective discharge plan for complex care patients. Works with internal and external resources to co-ordinate a timely safe transition of patient to the appropriate level of care. * Leads and participates with the interdisciplinary team in daily rounds, planning delivery and evaluation of patient-focused care for prioritized patients.* Documents the case management plan to include: clinical needs, barriers to quality care, effective utilization of resources and pursues denials of payment and referrals in a timely, legible manner. * Completes tighter integration with ambulatory care management team, especially with high risk, chronically ill patients.* Standardizes alert to cross continuum care managers when patients are admitted* Works closely with providers for discharge planning and determining the next level of care * Collaborates with patients, caregivers, internal/external healthcare providers, agencies and payers to plan and execute a safe discharge* Collaborates with Utilization Management team on continued stay review. Discharge Planning* Collaborates with patients, caregivers, internal/external healthcare providers, agencies and payers to plan and execute a safe discharge* Identifies and facilitate post-acute resource needs: Home Care, Community based Referrals, Diagnostic testing, Outpatient Therapies (Pulmonary Rehab, Cardiac Rehab, Physical and/or Occupational Therapy), Palliative Care or Hospice.* Ensures that the patient's degree of vulnerability has been captured and documented on the Transitions of Care report.* Ensures verbal communication with the ambulatory / cross continuum care manager regarding patients who have moderate or red vulnerability at transition. * Documents who will assume the care coordination/management role for these patients and for what period of time in the Common Care Plan and the Transition of Care report, if known.* Reviews the predictive tool for readmission and document the risk for readmission. Implement additional interventions to mitigate the risk for readmission such as two follow-up appointments - one at the time the predictive tool indicates the patient is at highest risk for readmission* Utilizes the med -to-bed program for patients with poly pharmaceuticals Education* Communicates patient/family learning needs that surface to the direct care nurse. Collaborate with direct care nurse on education plan. * Refers to content experts as appropriate i.e. wound care team, Diabetic Educators, Respiratory Therapy or PT.* Documents education related to medication adherence* Facilitates patient self-management education. Revenue Cycle * Demonstrates a working knowledge of financial and reimbursement processes to facilitate medical cost management, including best practices, effective utilization of resources, linking clinical and financial aspects of care, and access to care and level of care. * Serves as a resource and educator to patient, family, staff and physicians regarding financial aspects of individual patient's resources which may affect the transition of patients through the healthcare system. * Provides education for the individual and family and for the team regarding benefits, utilization of resources, levels of care, and expectations of the transition process throughout settings across the hea About Us Find it here. Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance – and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all here at Carle Health. Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,500 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses and is recognized as a Great Place to Work®. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital and Carle Health Pekin Hospital hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.
