Registered Nurse - Lead Care Coordinator

Job Description

Join Our Dynamic Team as a Lead Case Manager!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level in a rewarding and impactful role? We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Lead Case Manager to enhance our inpatient case management department's operations. In this exciting position, you will play a crucial role in overseeing a team of inpatient case managers, ensuring that our patients receive the highest quality of care throughout their hospital journey and beyond.

Lead and supervise a team of inpatient case managers, ensuring high-quality care for patients from admission through discharge across various healthcare settings.

Education:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required
• Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing required

License/

Certifications:

• Valid CA RN license required
• Certified Case Management preferred or willing to obtain within 2 years time from start date
• Current BLS certification from ARC or AHA

Experience:

• 5 years in acute care nursing — Medical Surgical/Tele/ICU/LTACH or 1 year in acute care nursing (Medical Surgical/Tele/ICU) with 2 or more year of care management experience (UM or DC Planning).
• 1 year of previous experience in case management in the acute inpatient or outpatient settings preferred; knowledge of HMO and Medicare rules in inpatient, home health and at the SNF settings preferred.
• Knowledge of workers compensation rules and regulations is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Epic is highly preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cedars‑Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars‑Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by e‑mail at and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis.

Cedars‑Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

All new employees must receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically from September through March each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.