Registered Nurse Case Manager (RN)

Overview

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!

At Desert Regional Medical Center, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That's why we offer more than a job - we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Job Summary

Shift: Days

Job type: Full Time

Hours: 0800-1630

Schedule: 10 shifts per two week pay period. Alternating weekends required.

Up to $25,000.00 Sign on Bonus for Qualified Candidates

The individual in this position has overall responsibility for overseeing the clinical plan of care to conform to evidence-based practice and regulatory requirements. This position integrates care coordination, utilization management, and discharge planning.

The individual's responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following activities: a) medical necessity screening b) care coordination c) discharge planning d) facilitating multi-disciplinary patient care conferences e) managing concurrent disputes f) making the appropriate referrals to other departments (e.g., nutrition, PT/OT/ST) g ) referring complex social issues to Social Service h ) communicating with patients and their families about the plan of care i) collaborating with physicians, office staff and ancillary departments (e.g., lab, pharmacy) j) participating in weekly Complex Case Review k) arranging for post -discharge patient education l) clear, complete and concise documentation in eCCM m ) maintaining accuracy of patient demographic and insurance information n) identifying and documenting potentially avoidable days o) identifying and reporting over and under utilization o) and other duties as assigned.

Attends hospital workshop led by the Director of Case Management or designee that includes the Tenet Case Management Model, InterQual, Discharge Planning, Utilization Management, and other topics specific to case management. Extended orientation with selected Case Managers may occur.

Information used to perform job: patient data, healthcare staff documentation related to patient care, regulatory and payor requirements

Software used to perform job: eCCM: Clinical data interface, InterQual, Case Management documentation, secure faxing, Avoidable Day tracking, Patient Medical Record and HPF, Hospital specific Clinical Software

Responsibilities

Priority 1: Coordination of clinical care (medical necessity, appropriateness of care and resource utilization for admission, continued stay, discharge and post- acute care) compared to evidence-based practice, internal and external requirements. (40% daily, essential).

Priority 2: Identify and report variances in appropriateness of medical care provided, over/under utilization of resources compared to evidence-based practice and external requirements. This priority includes work with relevant software and communicating information through clear, complete and concise documentation in eCCM (40% daily, essential).

Priority 3: Effective collaboration with physicians, nurses, ancillary staff, payors, patients and families to achieve optimum clinical outcomes (10% daily, essential).

Priority 4. Remain current with relevant clinical/case management practices. (10% daily, essential).

The metrics below provide an indication of the effectiveness of the individual in this role and may be used for evaluative purposes. The list below is not meant to be exhaustive; other relevant metrics may exist.

Qualifications

Required:

• Current California RN license
• Minimum 2 years of acute case management experience
• Minimum 5 years bedside experience or 10 years in the relevant clinical specialty (e.g., case manager for pediatrics patients should have pediatric nursing experience)
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to lead and coordinate activities of a diverse group of people
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Computer literate
• Case Managers hired prior to August 2009 are grandfathered in with the same performance expectations.

Preferred:

• B.S.N. preferred

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Organization Description

Desert Care Network serves the healthcare needs of the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin regions in Southern California with three hospitals Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The hospital network provides advanced care with services such as comprehensive stroke care, a cancer center, a Level 1 Trauma Center and the only Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Coachella Valley. Desert Care Network is committed to healthcare equality. Join our team!

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