Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager, TOC - Fort Wayne, IN

Job Description:

About the Role: 

Cityblock’s Transition of Care (TOC) program helps members safely navigate their post-discharge journey from acute care and hospital settings back into the community. The TOC Registered Nurse Care Manager (RNCM) coordinates with hospital case managers to determine members’ needs and to complete discharge visits (in-home or virtual) with members and providers. The TOC RNCM will also be available for referrals to triage members’ needs and provide clinical education, with the goal of helping ensure that members do not return to the hospital.

Engagement

• Receive assignment of members 

• Reach out to hospital case manager to understand member needs

• Reach out to member to engage for TOC program

Assess/Intake

• Complete self-efficacy and relevant condition-specific screeners with members

  • Complete additional tools or screeners as needed, including relevant behavioral health screeners (e.g., PHQ9, GAD-7, AUDIT, DAST-10)

• Triage members with need for behavioral health programming

• Conduct an in-person clinical exam, if appropriate

• Collaborate with care team members to determine need for member placement in a different program (e.g., lower or higher intensity programs)

Case Review and Care Planning

• Participate in daily inpatient rounds (while member is admitted) and case conference (once member is discharged)

• Discharge planning 

  • Partner with the TOC Care Coordinator and TOC Behavioral Health Specialist (as needed) to develop post-discharge care plans that address identified needs and barriers to support a smooth recovery

• Collaborate with TOC team for hand-off to longitudinal care at conclusion of the TOC program

• Collaborate with TOC team to determine need for escalation of member care

Clinical Visits and Follow-Up

• Regular check-ins with member as guided by TOC program

• Complete post-discharge home visit 

• Weekly follow-up for four (4) weeks

• Ensure provider visit takes place (can be facilitated during home visit)

• Address and responds to member needs and delegate tasks in timely fashion

• Meet with members in the community (home, SNF, IRF, shelter, hospital) as needed, including as an extender of the care team for non-clinical needs

• Conduct comprehensive medication reconciliation

• Address contracted and company prioritized quality gaps and ensure proper chart documentation and codes (ICD or CPT) are included in the encounter as supporting evidence of gap closure

Operations

• Utilize our care facilitation, electronic health record and scheduling platforms as needed to collect data, document member interactions, organize information, track tasks, and communicate with your team, members, and community resources

• Manage the tracking of all metrics related to transitions of care for assigned members including logging new TOC events and accompanying follow up metrics.

Requirements for the Role: 

•  Graduate of an accredited school of nursing (R.N.)

• 3+ Years of experience

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is a requirement

• Active RN License in the state(s) practicing

  Unrestricted Driver’s License

• Contain interpersonal skills, clear and concise verbal and written communication.

• Ability to communicate clinical concepts to non-clinical staff

• Communicate effectively telephonically, virtually and in-person

• Actively listen to members, care team and other stakeholders to understand and effectively address needs

• Effectively communicate member needs to all stakeholders

• Understanding of how to use scheduling platforms to ensure accurate appointment scheduling and management

• Understanding of how to use electronic health record systems and/or care facilitation platforms to ensure accurate documentation

• Proficient in collecting member clinical and demographic data and documenting appropriately in a timely manner