Care Progression Manager, Full-Time, Days, Washington Township (Hybrid)

Job Details

The Care Progression Manager collaborates across interdisciplinary teams to advance health system strategies, including initiatives focused on value-based care and payer population management. Partners with clinical, operational, and financial stakeholders to align care progression workflows with organizational goals for quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The Care Progression Manager progresses patients care based upon medical criteria for in-patient status.

Job Description

Summary
The Care Progression Manager collaborates across interdisciplinary teams to advance health system strategies, including initiatives focused on value-based care and payer population management. Partners with clinical, operational, and financial stakeholders to align care progression workflows with organizational goals for quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The Care Progression Manager progresses patients care based upon medical criteria for in-patient status.

Job Duties

• Oversee population to ensure timely progression of care, safe discharge planning, and appropriate post-acute services using evidence-based criteria.
• Identifies patient clinical conditions, testing and value based clinical interventions that can be completed in the ambulatory space with appropriate follow-up.
• Apply clinical criteria to monitor medical necessity, reduce avoidable days, and resolve barriers to care in collaboration with physicians, nursing, and utilization management.
• Collaborates in the development and implementation of performance improvement activities in collaboration with care management, physician, utilization management.
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Monitor length of stay, readmissions, and throughput metrics; identify trends; and contribute to initiatives that improve efficiency and patient outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Nursing
• 5 years experience in-patient acute care hospital
• Excellent communication (oral and written) required to facilitate reviews and discussions with providers.
• RN - Licensed Registered Nurse_NJ - State of New Jersey Upon Hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree Nursing
• Knowledge of care and utilization management
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills to manage case load and communicate with multi-disciplinary team members.
• Ability to work independently and set priorities to ensure appropriate use of hospital resources.
• Ability to lead individuals and groups.

Physical Demands
Lift and carry 40-50 lbs. Examples: Push/pull patients on bed, stretcher (requires 29 lbs. push force), lateral transfers up to 50 lbs. of the patient's weight. Frequent to continuous standing/walking. Patient transporters can walk 8-10 miles per shift. *Patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

* Hybrid schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm. Tuesdays and Thursdays are remote.*

Salary Range

$80,720.21 to $117,902.40 Annual

The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience, skills and qualifications. This position is not eligible for an annual incentive.

Positions posted as annual salaries reflect an estimated amount for a 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) (i.e. 40 hour equivalent)), positions for less than 1.0 FTE will be prorated.)

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

435 Hurffville-Cross Keys Rd, Turnersville, New Jersey, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's p