Registered Nurse Case Manager
Location: , New Jersey
Description: Pathway Medical Staffing is looking of Registered Nurse Case Manager right now, this vacancy will be assigned in New Jersey. More details about this vacancy opportunity please read the description below. Work with an award winning team of nurses at one of America's 50 Best Hospitals as rated by HealthGrades.
An award-winning Bergen County hospital is searching for a Registered Nurse Case Manager to join their team.
This role will cover all units as needed, including Emergency, Med-Surg, CCU, ICU, SICU, Telemetry, Stepdown, Cardiac, and Pediatrics and you must be available for alternating weekend coverage.
In this position you will:
Monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of health care provided by the hospital
Educate the patient for the next phase of care, whether it be self care, care by family, or care by an organized health care provider
Identify and addresses issues that prolong patients' length of stay
Review daily level of care changes as determined by third party payers and facilitates transfer when appropriate
Collect inpatient data identifying under and over utilization of resources and insufficient service delivery
Evaluate the appropriateness of the discharge plan by active involvement in unit-based daily patient care coordination rounds
Obtain current information regarding patient status via chart review, interviews with patient, family, caregivers, significant others, as well as with members of the multi-disciplinary team, and acts as a participant observer in order to assess patient status/progress
Arrange with home health agencies, vendors, and community resources to meet the needs of the patient when discharged home
Maintain accurate and current records of care coordinators' activities, which includes precise documentation of status of discharge planning activities in the clinical records and clinical key patient activities, insurance information and contact person, documentation of reviews given, level of care changes, and plan of care on utilization management worksheet
Requirements
Please be advised that we are only considering nurses with the following:
Current RN Licensure in New Jersey
Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
Minimum 4 years experience in bedside nursing with at least 2 years of medical surgical experience
Minimum 3 years utilization management and / or case management experience
American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers Certification
Comprehensive Benefits
This award winning hospital is committed to maintaining a challenging environment that promotes personal growth and an active and rewarding role in fulfilling the goals of the organization. They recognize that the Registered Nurse Case Manager is a critical part of providing affordable quality care to its patients and are happy to offer the individual in this position these generous benefits:
- Medical / Dental / Vision and Life Insurance Plans
- Paid time off for full-time and part-time employees
- Pension Plan
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- 403(b) Savings Plan
- Tuition Assistance
- 529 College Savings Program
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If you were eligible to this vacancy, please deliver us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Pathway Medical Staffing.
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This vacancy will be opened on: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:30:03 GMT
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