RN Case Manager
Pensacola, FL - USA
Job Summary
The Case Manager acts as a patient advocate to hospital clients. This is an autonomous role that coordinates negotiates procures services and resources for and manages the care of patients throughout the continuum of care which includes arranging post-acute services. The Case Manager is responsible for team building educating and consulting interdisciplinary team members. This position provides clinically based case management therefore requiring someone with a strong clinical background preferably in the acute care setting. This position requires someone that is flexible and willing to work in all and/or any areas of the hospital. Case Management requires an individual that is adaptable to change and can assume any assignment wherever the need may be. The Case Manager is responsible for discharge planning and care coordination to facilitate the delivery of quality health care and assists in the identification of appropriate utilization of resources across the continuum of care.
Responsibilities
Directs coordinates and provides case management to patients in for preventing delayed discharges of observation in case finding and preadmission evaluation screening to ensure a safe discharge case management assessment of patients and support systems in order to facilitate the most appropriate and timely transition communicates and intervenes with multidisciplinary healthcare team in a purposeful goal-directed fashion. Works proactively to maximize the effectiveness of resource utilization. Anticipates initiates and facilitates problem resolution around issues of resource use and continued hospitalization and discharge maintains a professional commitment to institutions and departments goals and objectives. Demonstrates flexibility to the departments needs in relation to floor and work schedule and any other internal and external demands on the department. Continually shows commitment to the department by extending ones self when the need current knowledge of case management and discharge planning as specified by federal state and private insurance in other duties as assigned to support the operational needs of the department and be required to remain on campus immediately before during and after severe weather and/or disasters.
Qualifications
Registered Nurse Licensed
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, ... View more