RN CASE MGR-NONCERTIFIED

Overview

 

Registered Nurse Case Manager, Non-Certified, Social Services

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

 

Claiborne Medical Center, a member of Knoxville-based Covenant Health, offers a full range of medical services including emergency care, general and orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation, and diagnostic services. Our radiology services are certified by the American College of Radiology in Computerized Tomography (CT), Mammography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Medicine, and Ultrasound. Claiborne also provides skilled and long-term care through Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center. Our team of physicians and staff is dedicated to putting our patients first, every day.  For more information, visit ClaiborneMedicalCenter.com.

 

Position Summary:

The RN Case Manager (Non-Certified) is a member of a multidisciplinary team and is responsible for integrating expert clinical practice into the patient care setting, coordinating education of staff and patients and serving as a clinical resource and consultant to the health care team. The RN Case Manager (Non-Certified) is responsible for promoting patient care continuity and quality through the collaborative development of practice guidelines and clinical pathways that support quality improvement activities. The RN Case Manager (Non-Certified) actively seeks opportunities in research designed to identify best practices. The RN Case Manager (Non-Certified) has the responsibility, accountability and authority for providing comprehensive care coordination and knowledge to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate options, services, and outcomes to meet the patient’s health care and human service needs by promoting quality and cost effective intervention for the designated patient population. Activities and interventions include maintaining patient’s privacy, confidentiality, safety, advocacy, adherence to ethical, legal, and accreditation/regulatory standards.

 

Recruiter: Jennifer Lawless || jlawles2@covhlth.com || 423-492-5011

Responsibilities

• The RN case manager utilizes case finding criteria to screen patients and gather information from the medical record, physician documentation and communication, patient/family as well as other sources to develop a comprehensive plan for the patient that will meet identified needs.
• The case manager utilizes the nursing process to assess and periodically reassess the patient’s progress towards established goals.
• The case manager modifies the case management plan to meet the changing needs of the patient’s clinical condition. Secures needed resources via a multidisciplinary approach to case management strategy to assure timely, efficient and cost effective services.
• Designs and implements practice guidelines and clinical care designs in collaboration with physicians and other members of the health care team for assigned population.
• Identifies specific objectives, goals, and actions to meet the patient’s identified needs.
• Collaborates and communicates effectively with the physician and other members of the health care team to plan and implement the care of the patient in a timely manner. Documents communication results and direction in the patient’s medical record. 
• Communicates effectively with physician offices, home health agencies, rehabilitation facilities, long term care facilities, and third party payers to identify goals to assure that patients receive the most appropriate, cost effective and efficient means of care. The RN Case Manager provides documentation in the patient’s medical record to communicate the goals and transition plan for the patient.
• Executes and documents the Case Management activities and interventions related to specific patient goals.
• Serves as liaison to provide communication with the patient/family, physician and the health care team.
• Coordinates, organizes, secures, integrates, modifies and documents resources needed to accomplish goals related to the Case Management discharge plan.
• When necessary, serves as the “brokering” agent as patient advocate to secure coverage for needed community services.
• Gathers sufficient information from all relevant sources and documentation regarding the case management plan and activities and or services to enable the Case Manager to determine the plan’s effectiveness.
• Mobilizes resources and coordinates the effort of the health care team to achieve a positive patient transition to appropriate next level of care.
• Identifies and communicates variances in the patient’s process of care to the appropriate member(s) of the health care team.
• Discharge Planning Rounds repea