RN CARE MGR III

Overview

RN Care Manager

PRN/OCC, Day Shift

Roane Overview:

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Position Summary:

The RN Care Manager III is responsible for integrating evidenced based 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 Care Manager III is responsible for promoting patient care coordination and quality through the collaborative development of practice guidelines and clinical pathways that support quality improvement activities.

The RN Care Manager III actively seeks opportunities in research designed to identify best practices. The RN Care Manager III has the responsibility, accountability and authority for providing comprehensive care coordination and knowledge to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate the outcomes of care for the designated patient population. The RN Care Manager III is seen as part of the Leadership team on the nursing unit and reports directly to the Manager/Coordinator of Quality and Care Management at the facility level.

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Facilitates timely documentation review with the Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) specialist.
• Utilizes the nursing process to evaluate daily through discussion with patient and caregivers and chart findings to ensure patient is meeting daily objectives.
• Modifies the case management plan to meet the changing needs of the patient’s clinical condition.
• Researches, designs and implements practice guidelines and clinical care designs in collaboration with physicians, nursing and other members of the health care team for assigned population.
• 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.
• Visits patients in accordance with the plan of care providing education on medications, treatment plan, discharge instructions and modalities as necessary to promote health and continuity of care.
• Participates in daily multidisciplinary rounds and ensures appropriate disciplines are available.
• Works closely with the physician to identify the necessary resources and ensures the appropriate utilization of same.
• 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.
• 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 Care Management discharge plan.
• Gathers sufficient information from all relevant sources and documentation regarding the care management plan and activities and or services to enable the Care Manager to determine the plan’s effectiveness.
• Identifies, communicates and initiates actions to mitigate variances in the patient’s process of care.
• Stays abreast of most recent changes in quality related to core measures, Conditions of Participation, Leapfrog and other regulatory bodies to assist in compliance for assigned population.
• Monitors patient…