RN Case Manager Clinical Res Mgmt Contingent Days

DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in Oakland County is committed to outstanding customer service and medical care. This hospital features the Harris Birthing Center with all private birthing suites, the Charach Cancer Treatment Center (affiliated with the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center), cardiac services, and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient diagnostic care. For emergency services, obstetrics and ambulatory surgery, Huron Valley-Sinai consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the nation.

Job Summary

The RN Case Manager is responsible to facilitate care along a continuum through effective resource coordination to help patients achieve optimal health, access to care and appropriate utilization of resources, balanced with the patient’s resources and right to self-determination. The individual in this position has overall responsibility for ensuring that care is provided at the appropriate level of care based on medical necessity and to assess the patient for transition needs to promote timely throughput, safe discharge and prevent avoidable readmissions. This position integrates national standards for case management scope of services including:

• Transition Management promoting appropriate length of stay, readmission prevention and patient satisfaction

• Care Coordination by demonstrating throughput efficiency while assuring care is the right sequence and at appropriate level of care

• Compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, and Tenet policy

• Education provided to physicians, patients, families, and caregivers

The individual’s responsibilities include the following activities: a) accurate LOS screening and submission for Physician Advisor review, b) care coordination, c) transition planning assessment and reassessment, d) implementation or oversight of implementation of the transition plan, e) leading and facilitating multi-disciplinary patient care conferences, f) managing concurrent disputes, g) making appropriate referrals to other departments, h ) identifying and referring complex patients to Social Work Services, i) communicating with patients and families about the plan of care, j) collaborating with physicians, office staff and ancillary departments, k) leading and facilitating Complex Case Review, l) assuring patient education is completed to support post-acute needs , m) timely complete and concise documentation in the Tenet Case Management documentation system, n ) maintenance of accurate patient demographic and insurance information, o) identification and documentation of potentially avoidable days, p) identification and reporting over and underutilization, q) and other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

Preferred: Academic degree in nursing (bachelor's or master's)

Required: 2 years of recent adult acute hospital patient care experience. 1 year case management, discharge planning experience.

Preferred: Acute hospital case management experience.

Required: RN. Must be currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law or regulation in state of practice or policy. Active RN license for state(s) covered.

Preferred: Accredited Case Manager (ACM)

Required skills include demonstrated organizational skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to lead and coordinate activities of a diverse group of people in a fast paced environment, critical thinking and problem solving skills and computer literacy.