Inpatient Care Manager - BSN

Summary

The Inpatient Care Manager-BSN applies leverages nursing expertise to coordinate comprehensive care for a designated patient population across the continuum of care. This role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized care plans while ensuring safe and timely discharge planning. The Inpatient Care Manager-BSN serves as a clinician, care manager, and educator, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to achieve high-quality, cost-effective outcomes.

Additionally, the individual actively manages resources to minimize unnecessary utilization and supports performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and system efficiency.

• Conducts comprehensive assessments at the patient entry to determine anticipated length of stay, discharge needs, and resources; develops and implements individualized plans of care and transition plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Coordinates safe and timely discharge planning, including securing post-acute authorizations, arranging transportation, homecare, and facility placements, and facilitating transfers when needed.
• Monitors and manages patient progress through daily review, participating in multidisciplinary rounds, initiative-taking identification and resolution of barriers to discharge.
• Advocates for patients and families, addresses clinical, educational, and psychosocial needs while ensuring their preferences are reflected throughout the care continuum.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare teams and provides the patient and/or family in the development and implementation of plans.
• Develops and maintains knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and key payer benefits and reimbursement methodologies.
• Assists patients/families with self-management through education, visits, and telephonic engagement and encourages and supports patient adherence to their care plans.
• Communicates with physicians, patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate transition planning.
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

• Bachelor’s Degree Nursing
• 3 years experience in one of the following settings: care coordination, disease management, home health care, hospital, or physician office setting and
• 1 year prior electronic medical record (EMR) experience.
• Ability to incorporate strategies for interacting with persons from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to set priorities to coordinate care plans efficiently.
• Knowledge of computer applications and analytical tools.
• Knowledge of nursing theory and application of learning theory.
• Proven leadership skills.
• RN
  - Licensed Registered
  - State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire or
• RN
  - Licensed Registered
  - State of New Jersey Upon Hire

• Master’s Degree Nursing
• Familiar with EHRs: EPIC
• ACM
  - Accredited Case Manager
  - American Case Management Association within 3 Years or
• CCM
  - Certified Case Manager
  - Commission for Case Manager Certification within 3 Years

Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use,
* patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state and local employment regulations, Lehigh Valley Health Network will provide employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law.

All personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities.

Work Shift: Day Shift

Location: 206 E Brown St, Lehigh Valley Hospital
- Pocono

Position Type: Onsite