RN Registered Nurse Complex Case Manager

Location:

Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre (GSWB)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

Our Geisinger nurses make a difference in the lives of the people they see every day - our friends neighbors and family members.

Through professional growth quality improvement and interdisciplinary collaboration weve built an innovative culture that allows nurses to grow their skillsets develop their practice and leverage their years of experience to build a rewarding lasting career with impact.

Job Duties:

Youll use your clinical expertise to guide and support patients with complex health needs and support patients with complex medical needs through every step of their healthcare journey serving as a trusted partner who helps navigate care improve outcomes and enhance quality of life.

Join a team dedicated to transforming lives by providing personalized care coordination for patients with complex health conditions here at Geisinger.

• At least three (3) years of RN work experience is required.
• This role will support multiple locations within the Geisinger system.
• A typical schedule is full-time Exempt (salaried) Monday through Friday.
• ACMA accreditation is preferred and required within 3 years of hire.
• At least one year of RN Care Management is strongly preferred.

Benefits of working at Geisinger:

• Full benefits (health dental and vision) starting on day one

• Three medical plan choices including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents

• Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) anda health savings account (HSA)

• Company-paid life insurance short-term disability and long-term disability coverage

• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions

• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly

• Up to $5000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year

• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive

• Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance parental leave pay military leave pay and a free membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare eldercare & pet care. Access free legal guidance mental health visits work-life support digital self-help tools and more.

• Voluntary benefits including accident critical illness hospital indemnity insurance identity theft protection universal life and pet and legal insurance

Position Details:

Will work with individuals who have complex health needs or multiple chronic conditions often requiring a high level of coordination and support to manage their care. They focus on improving health outcomes reducing hospital re-admissions and ensuring patients receive appropriate and timely transitions of care. Will work closely with providers the inter disciplinary team and other healthcare providers to ensure smooth transitions of care and effective communication.

• Assesses plans implements coordinates monitors and evaluates all options and services with the goal of optimizing the patient or members health status.
• Manages utilization and practice metrics to further refine the delivery of care model to maximize clinical quality and fiscal outcomes.
• Responsible for Care Without Delay Metrics and deploys specific readmission risk strategies to support patient outcomes.
• Integrates evidence-based clinical guidelines preventive guidelines protocols and other metrics in the development of treatment plans that are patient-centric promoting quality and efficiency in the delivery of healthcare for complex care patient population.
• Complex care manager works with Care Management Operations Team to stratify/ triage patients to the complex care team.
• Assesses the healthcare educational and psychosocial needs of complex cases.
• Designs an individualized plan of care and fosters a team approach by working collaboratively with the patient or member family primary care provider and other members of the health care team to ensure coordination of services.
• Continuously evaluates laboratory results diagnostic tests utilization patterns and other metrics to monitor quality and efficiency results for assigned population.
• Works to appropriately apply benefits and utilization management serving as a resource to the patient or member and healthcare team.
• Coordinate care across different healthcare providers services and settings ensuring a seamless transition of care.
• Educate patients and families on health conditions self-management strategies and available resources.
• Communicate effectively with healthcare providers patients families and other stakeholders to facilitate care coordination including Skilled Nursing Home visits and collaboration.
• Advocate for patients and families on health conditions self-management strategies and available resources
• Maintains required documentation for all case management activities.
• Collects required data and utilizes this data to adjust the treatment plan when indicated.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Education:

Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required) Bachelors Degree-Related Field of Study (Preferred)

Experience:

Minimum of 3 years-Nursing (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Accredited Case Manager within 3 years - American Case Management Association (ACMA) Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RNState of Pennsylvania

Skills:

Computer Literacy Critical Thinking Organizing

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients our members our students our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients our members our community and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one including vision dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration cooperation and collegiality.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age pregnancy genetic information disability status as a protected veteran or any other protected category under applicable federal state and local laws.