Interim Clinical Nurse Specialist – Complex Case Management & Discharge Planning

Healthcare Executive Placements, Inc. (HCEPInc) is seeking an Interim Clinical Nurse Specialist — Complex Case Management & Discharge Planning for a W2 Contract position based in Atlanta, GA.

Schedule:Full time, 8am-5pm, 5 8's

Assignment Duration: 13 Weeks (possibility of extending)

Compensation:

This position offers a daily rate of $640 to $660 which equates to $3,200 to $3,300 per week (based on a 5-day / 40-hour workweek)

Per Diems:
Lodging: $182 per day and Meals & Incidentals: $86 per day

Per diems are paid daily, 7 days a week, totaling $1,876 per week

Auto Stipend: $25 per day

Stipend is paid daily, 7 days a week, totaling $175 per week

Total Weekly Compensation (Daily Rate + Per Diems + Stipend): Between $5,251 to $5,351 per week

Benefits:Paid sick leave, Paid holidays, Co-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, Cafeteria plan access and 401(k) retirement plan.

Summary:

Develops and ensures quality standards for nursing practice for a specific patient population. Provides advanced clinical practice education, consultation, research and administration.

Supports patient care coordination and transitions across the continuum with a focus on complex case management, utilization management, and discharge planning within an acute inpatient setting. This role serves as a clinical resource and liaison between interdisciplinary teams, patients, and post-acute partners to facilitate safe, timely, and cost-effective transitions of care. Collaborates with providers, case managers, social workers, and external facilities to identify and address barriers to discharge, manage extended length of stay cases, and promote optimal clinical and utilization outcomes.

CNS Certification preferred but not required.

Essential Functions:

Establishes and monitors care standards and makes recommendations for changes in area of clinical practice.

Collaborates with nursing staff in assessing patient, family age-specific nursing needs and develops plan of care for complex high-risk patients. Evaluates the effectiveness of the care provided.

Designs teaching programs for patients/families and provides assistance to nursing staff in program implementation.

Develops interdisciplinary plans of care for complex and high risk patients.

In conjunction with members of the health care team, assesses staff knowledge and identifies competency-based education needs of staff and members.

Designs and implements education programs to ensure the quality of staff knowledge and skills.

Introduces new techniques/innovation based on advanced practice trends.

May serve as a preceptor to graduate healthcare students.

Provides consultation to physicians, nurses and other heath care providers in meeting care needs of individual or groups of patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings.

Makes recommendations to change standards of care or standards of practice based on own research or the research of others.

Defines and implements best nursing practices. Assists in interviewing staff and provides input into evaluations regarding clinical competence and provides coaching and counseling.

Participates and consults in setting the direction for QA&I monitoring, establishing standards and evaluating outcomes.

Collects and analyzes data regarding patient care outcomes, trends, morbidity and mortality.

Qualifications:

BSN required. Clinical Masters in Nursing, in area of specialization, is preferred.

BLS Certification required.

Georgia RN License required.

Three years of experience in area of specialty required.

Preferred Qualifications:

ER/ICU acute care exp is preferred.

Clinical Masters in Nursing, in area of specialization preferred.

Prior Clinical Nurse Specialist experience preferred.

ACLS or PALS Certification preferred.

About Healthcare Executive Placements Inc. (HCEPInc.):

HCEPInc. values diversity – in backgrounds and in experiences.

Since our inception, we have witnessed how our diverse workforce has thrived while contributing to the increases in innovation and advancements in the client organizations we serve.

HCEPInc. is committed to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and is striving to build an even more diverse, inclusive team that reflects the people and communities where we live and work.

HCEPInc. is an equal opportunity employer that considers and employs qualified individuals based upon job related qualifications regardless of race, color, sex, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or any other status protected under applicable local, state, or federal law.

HCEPInc. takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified employees and applicants who are disabled, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces services medal veterans, and other protected veterans.

HCEPInc. is a Certified Minority Owned Business and OFCCP compliant.