Case Manager (RN) - Timely Discharge - Full-time (1.0 FTE), 8-hr. Days

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

Why work at Stanford Medicine Stanford Health Care (SHC)
Are you a seasoned RN Case Manager Here is your opportunity to work with the Timely Discharge Department at its inception.

You can put your bedside RN experience to great use in case management working in conjunction with the medical teams third-party companies and patients with the goal of best outcomes for continuity of care.

This is an onsite role.

Benefits begin the first day of the month following employment eligibility.
Our core benefits include medical insurance dental insurance vision insurance an employee assistance program savings and spending accounts disability life and accident insurance and COBRA. For medical insurance you have the choice of three generous health plans through Stanford Health Care Alliance Aetna or Kaiser Permanente. Each plan includes 100% coverage for preventive care telemedicine through Teledoc prescription drug coverage and behavioral health coverage. Additional incentives exist for healthy choices. And so much more generous leave & time off Wellness Program special programs educational assistance and adoption assistance!

This is an onsite Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
Case Managers are licensed nursing professionals responsible for coordinating continuum of care and discharge planning activities for a caseload of assigned patients. Major responsibilities include coordinating all facets of a patients admission/discharge; performing utilization review activities including review of patient charts for timeliness of services as well as appropriate utilization of services; and ensuring optimum use of resources service delivery and compliance with external review agencies requirements. Case Managers act as consultants to the clinical team service lines and other departments regarding patient assessment and patient care and participate in program development and quality improvement initiatives. In their role Case Managers by applying guidelines and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams influence and direct the delivery and quality of patient care. A hospital-based case management system has as its primary goal to ensure the most appropriate use of services by patients and toward that end to avoid duplication and misuse of medical services control costs by reducing inefficient services and improve the effectiveness of care delivery. Objectives are to facilitate timely discharge; prompt efficient use of resources; achievement of expected outcomes; collaborative practice; coordination of care across the continuum; and performance/quality improvement activities that lead to optimal patient outcomes. A Case Manager differs from other roles in professional nursing/health care practice in that it is not intended to provide direct patient care; rather a Case Manager will be assigned to specific patients to ensure that the medical services and treatments required are accomplished in the most financially and clinically efficient manner.

Locations
Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto CA; onsite)

What you will do

• Coordination of Care -- Manages each patients transition through the system and transfers accountability to the appropriate person upon entry into another clinical service or discharge.

• Discharge Planning -- Coordinates and facilitates timely implementation of discharge plans for assigned patients with complex needs in collaboration with other interdisciplinary team members; arranges follow-up care as appropriate.

• Education/Consultation -- Acts as an educational resource and provides consultation to patients and their families hospital medical personnel regarding the discharge planning process and applicable regulatory requirements; educates the staff on case management; and provides specific information related to case types.

• Lead Work -- May lead the work of administrative/clinical support staff responsible for assisting with case management for an assigned patient caseload.

• Other -- Participates in department program planning goal setting systems development and process improvement; participates in department and hospital committees and task forces; develops and maintains documentation of findings discharge arrangements and actions taken according to departmental guidelines; prepares and maintains records as required; collects analyzes and reports on data for utilization quality improvement compliance and other areas as assigned.

• Patient Assessment/Plan of Care -- Functions as a resource to and collaborates with physicians social workers nurses and other interdisciplinary team members to assess plan and coordinate patient care needs and/or performs patient assessment and develops a plan of care to assure consistent timely and appropriate care is provided in a patient-focused manner.

• Quality Improvement -- Participates in quality improvement activities by identifying opportunities for improvement in such areas as clinical outcomes utilization of resources and concurrent data collection; participates in clinical process improvement teams within the department service lines and hospital.

• Third-Party Reimbursement -- Collects analyzes reports and reviews patient information with third-party payers to assure reimbursement for patient services/procedures. Communicates with review organizations/payers to provide requested clinical and psychosocial information to assure reimbursement.

• Utilization Review -- Reviews prospectively concurrently and retrospectively all inpatients for appropriateness of admission level of care and determines appropriate length of stay. Monitors patients length of stay and collaborates with physicians to ensure resource utilization remains within covered benefits and are appropriate in relationship to the patients clinical and psychosocial needs; plans and implements (through multi-disciplinary meetings or rounds) strategies to reduce length of stay reduce resource consumption and achieve positive patient outcomes analyzes and addresses aggregate variances as well as variances from individual patients and shares this information with staff physicians and administration.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications

• Three (3) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience Preferred

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Ability to collect and record data evaluate data and statistics and maintain effective reporting systems

• Ability to develop and perform patient assessment and plan of care

• Ability to monitor and assure the patients access to the appropriate level of care; the right health care providers; and the correct setting and services to meet the patients needs; promote coordination and continuity in patient health care

• Ability to provide age-appropriate assessments interpretation of data and delivery of interventions

• Ability to provide appropriate patient care and clinical information when patients are admitted referred transferred or discharged

• Ability to remain knowledgeable regarding available treatments and services

• Ability to resolve conflicts and/or negotiate with others to achieve positive results; establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships

• Ability to understand interpret and apply complex federal and state hospital compliance laws rules regulations and guidelines

• Ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization

• Knowledge of available patient services and treatment

• Knowledge of current theories principles practices standards emerging technologies techniques and approaches in the nursing profession and the health care system and the responsibility and accountability for the outcome of practice

• Knowledge of evaluation and assessment techniques

• Knowledge of financial processes of various private and public funding sources for health care services/procedures

• Knowledge of hospital operations organization systems and procedures and laws and regulations pertaining to the operation of hospitals in California

• Knowledge of medical terminology and related levels of care and treatment

• Knowledge of the full continuum of care available to patients interrelationships of the care components and their effective integration

• Knowledge of the models of case management including the principles and practices of discharge planning utilization review and quality assurance/improvement

• Knowledge of the variables that affect the processes and outcomes of patient health care

Licenses and Certifications

• Nursing / RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure required

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience


Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanfords patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health healing and recovery.


You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars from the patient and familys perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care

• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health

• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination inall ofits policies and practices including the area of employment. Accordingly SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression religion age national or ethnic origin political beliefs marital status medical condition genetic information veteran status or disability or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders members of all racial and ethnic groups people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $72.55 - $96.15 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity experience education specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.