Registered Nurse Case Manager

Job Description:

The Homecare RN Case Manager serves as a key member of the interdisciplinary team and actively manages and directs resource utilization to achieve the highest quality outcomes during a patient care experience. The incumbent oversees the effective coordination of services and manages issues in the following main areas: admission and discharge, team conference and interdisciplinary plan of care communication, patient and family education/relations, payor relations, and coordination of care for all disciplines and total fiscal management. The incumbent performs ongoing utilization and quality reviews and acts as a liaison between the payor and patient while assuring that cost-effective treatment is provided by the team. The incumbent performs RN Shared Leadership duties by supporting the fundamentals of safety, quality, experience, and stewardship by providing clinical expertise and leadership to their department. The Homecare RN Case Manager has significant leadership responsibilities (e.g., leading change, scheduling, maintenance of staff competencies, new employee selection/orientation, constructive discipline, shared leadership council representation, caregiver check-ins). The incumbent has accountability for coordination of a cohort of caregivers and actively participates in the overall operations of the department, development of department practice, and provision of patient care with specified accountabilities for implementation and outcomes.

What does it mean to be a part of our Homecare & Hospice team?

Home is where families gather, where special occasions are celebrated, and where memories are made. Most of all, home is where you feel comfortable, relax, reflect, and heal. Intermountain Homecare & Hospice is privileged to be the caring hands of Intermountain Healthcare in the home bringing quality, compassion, skill, and excellence. Homecare allows patients to be at home, where they want to be, through their health journey. This exciting work allows you to develop your clinical skills while experiencing this unique and highly rewarding care environment.

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Posting Specifics:

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Shift Details: Full time, Monday through Friday business hours. Rotating weekends/holidays

Location: Salt Lake County

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

• Paid Time Off

• Education Assistance

• Tuition Loan Assistance

• 401(k) 2% for all caregivers with additional matching up to 4%

• Health and Wellness Programs including a Live Well Incentive Program

• Access to on site fitness gyms

• Over 302,000 discount offers across 10,000 cities on everything from pizza, the zoo, movie tickets, car rentals, and hotels

• Cell Phone Discounts (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile)

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Job Essentials

1.Develops relationships and collaborates with physicians, facilities, and teams to promote process integration, seamless transitions from one program to another, continuity of care, and to avoid duplicative care management services and processes.

2.Manages the care for clinically complex patients admitted to homecare. Meets with the patient or family in a timely manner and conducts an initial assessment using the appropriate federal assessment.

3.Develops/Reviews a patient-centered plan of care, involving the patient or family or caregiver or significant others in the process to develop goals/outcomes.

4.Advocates on behalf of the patient by communicating and collaborating with healthcare providers, payers, physicians, and community-based services, where appropriate, to establish an appropriate and integrated care plan for each patient.

5.Facilitates transitions of care from one healthcare setting to another.

6.Functions as the team leader to ensure effective day-to-day operations and problem solving, for the Home Health or Hospice team. Oversees care team and coordinates patient activities to ensure quality and cost-effective care.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution

• Current RN license in state of practice

• Current driver's license, insured and reliable transportation and an acceptable driving record

• Current BLS Certification for healthcare providers

• Two years of clinical nursing experience

• One year of experience working in Home Health or Hospice setting.

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing

Preferred Qualifications

• Three years of experience working as a case/care manager in a home health or hospice setting

• Experience working with third party payers

• Knowledge of home- based health services and resources

Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, and identify equipment and supplies.

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Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

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Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, and driving a vehicle.

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Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

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Frequently walks and assists with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (e.g., full of furniture, equipment, power cords on the floor). Need to ascend and descend stairs or uneven surface to access patients.

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Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Anticipated job posting close date:

03/28/2024

Location:

Homecare - Salt Lake City

Work City:

South Jordan

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$42.70 - $61.93

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.