RN Case Manager

Job Description Summary

Facilitates continuity of care by ensuring that the needs of the patients, including observation patients are recognized and address through the coordination with other health care team members to bring about the best possible cost effective quality and clinical outcome. Reviews patient admissions within one working day to determine appropriateness of hospitalization utilizing intensity of service and severity of illness criteria and continues daily reviews throughout stay assuring patient's need for acute level of care.

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Cost Center

CC COL - Administration (DMC)

Pay Rate Type

Hourly, Salary

Pay Grade

Health-28

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Job Description

Minimum Work Experience: Must possess a minimum of two years full-time direct care experience and/or hospital based case management experience. Minimum Education A graduate from an accredited school of nursing Bachelor degree in nursing preferred

Required Skills: Must be proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access; Must have excellent planning and organizational skills; Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills; Must have satisfactory work processing skills; Must have the ability to work independently, with little or no supervision required. Required Licenses (South Carolina, United States) Case Manager BLS

Essential Functions

• Review past history
• Conduct case screening within 24 hours of admission
• Interview the patient and significant others identifying specific health and psychosocial needs
• Review current status and treatment plan
• Identify barriers to wellness
• Determine patient resources
• Determine availability of financial means/insurance benefits
• Evaluate post acute care environment for accessibility and adaptive needs
• Assess age-specific and special needs
• Assess the teaching needs of the patient and family members based on patient goals and objectives
• Assimilate assessment data, identify services, treatments and funding options for the patients
• Develop an individual care management plan with patient and family input to deliver care to the individual patient in a manner that is appropriate to the patient's age, physical ability, and intellectual development
• Screen identified options to meet the individual patient needs
• Identify and analyze problems as to cause and effect relationship, alternative solutions, and the best course of action
• Identify targeted LOS for patient based on morbidities

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Ability to perform job functions while standing. (Continuous)
• Ability to perform job functions while sitting. (Continuous)
• Ability to perform job functions while walking. (Continuous)
• Ability to climb stairs. (Infrequent)
• Ability to work indoors. (Continuous)
• Ability to work outside in temperature extremes. (Infrequent)
• Ability to work from elevated areas. (Frequent)
• Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. (Frequent)
• Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. (Infrequent)
• Ability to bend at the waist. (Continuous)
• Ability to twist at the waist. (Frequent)
• Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Frequent)
• Ability to perform "pinching" operations. (Frequent)
• Ability to perform gross motor activities with fingers and hands. (Continuous)
• Ability to perform firm grasping with fingers and hands. (Continuous)
• Ability to perform fine manipulation with fingers and hands. (Continuous)
• Ability to reach overhead. (Frequent)
• Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. (Continuous)
• Ability to fully use both legs. (Continuous)
• Ability to use lower extremities for balance and coordination. (Frequent)
• Ability to reach in all directions.
• Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes. (Continuous)
• Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance. (Continuous)
• Ability to match or discriminate between colors. (Continuous)
• Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous)
• Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous)
• Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. (Continuous)
• Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Continuous)
• Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations. (Continuous)
• Ability to work rotating shifts. (Frequent)
• Ability to work overtime as required. (Frequent)
• Ability to work in a latex safe environment. (Continuous)
• Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous)
• (Selected Positions) *Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function. (Continuous) (Selected Positions)
• (Selected Positions) *Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required. (Continuous) (Selected Positions)

Additional Job Description: Bachelor of Nursing degree preferred with minimum of one year of experience. RN staff hired on or after July 1, 2013 with an Associate or Diploma degree in nursing are required to be enrolled in an accredited BSN program within two years and successfully obtain a BSN degree within four years of the RN hire or reclassification date. Refer to policy A141 for more details. Prior leadership experience preferred. One year of case management and/or utilization review work experience preferred. Case Management certification preferred. Licensure as a registered nurse by the state of South Carolina or compact state required. Certification in Case Management preferred. Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

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