Registered Nurse Case Manager

Overview and Responsibilities

Johns Hopkins Intrastaff connects professionals with flexible temporary opportunities across clinical, allied health, administrative, IT, and other fields. With full-time, part-time, per diem, and long-term assignments, you can enjoy the flexibility of temporary work while benefiting from the support and resources of a world-renowned health system.

Positions Available: Oncology & Med-Surg

Pay Rate: $55/hour

Responsibilities:

• Develops a sustainable, safe transition plan appropriate to the patient's needs and resources in collaboration with the patient, family and interdisciplinary care team.
• Maintains knowledge of and responds to clinical system and fiscal data related to specific patient populations.
• Completes an initial screening of all assigned patients to identify readmission risks as well as patient strengths and needs related to clinical resource utilization and transition planning.
• Initiates, completes and documents transition planning for patients in assigned caseload.
• Collaborates with members of the health care team to ensure the multidisciplinary plan of care is developed, followed and modified as needed.
• Coordinates the delivery of clinical services in order to ensure that the patient's clinical, quality and cost outcomes are met.
• Strategizes with physicians, specialists and payors to develop appropriate care delivery strategies for assigned patients.
• Functions as a consultant to health care team members with clinical, research and system problems within the specialty area educating physicians about managed care principles, discharge planning, reimbursement, levels of care and the continuum of care.
• Coordinates and leads multidisciplinary rounds.
• Identifies high-risk patient behaviors, high-risk diagnosis and social determinates of health to decrease the risk of readmission while improving quality outcomes for patients.
• Collaborates with community-based case managers and communicates verbal and/or written handoff to those providers to facilitate continuity of care.
• Maintains appropriate documentation in the medical record and care management files.
• Identifies indicators and collects and evaluates data related to case managed population.
• Leads the development, evaluation and revision of critical paths, analyzing and utilizing aggregate variances and trends to improve clinical, quality and fiscal outcomes.
• Attends and participates in relevant committee meetings such as Joint Practice Committee, barrier meetings/long-stay reviews, length of stay reduction work groups and staff meetings.
• Attends and participates in committee meetings and departmental change initiatives.
• Educates patients and families to optimize their independence in self-care to ensure better quality outcomes for patients.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:

• Completion of an accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and provide empathy in difficult interpersonal situations with ability to form and maintain positive, collaborative relationships with hospital staff, patients, families, post-acute providers and payers.
• Ability to effectively problem solve in a proactive, creative manner using judgment based on clinical knowledge.
• Ability to function effectively in a fluid, dynamic, and rapidly changing environment.
• Business acumen so that health benefits and patient/provider satisfaction are maximized while solidifying the program’s viability through cost effective intervention.
• Proficiency with an electronic patient record, email, general office and communications equipment.

Required Licensure, Certification & On-going Training:

• Valid Maryland nursing license
• Accredited Case Manager i.e., Registered Nurse (ACM-RN)/Certified Case Manager (CCM) preferred

Work Experience:

• Minimum of five to seven years of nursing experience
• Minimum of one year in case management, discharge planning or utilization review

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.