Registered Nurse Care Manager - Case Management; RN

Registered Nurse Care Manager - Case Management (RN)

• Connecticut
• 02/01/2026
• Full Time

Registered Nurse Care Manager / Case Management (RN) at Yale New Haven Health. The Registered Nurse Care Manager provides patient-centered nursing care within a collaborative healthcare team, following legal, ethical, and professional standards. Responsibilities include assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualized care plans, emphasizing leadership, communication, and culturally competent practice. This role requires a nursing license, knowledge of evidence-based practice, and the ability to manage complex neurological and orthopedic patients in specialized units.

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values—integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion—must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

As an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) healthcare team, the Registered Professional Nurse (RN) upholds the YNHHS mission, vision, values and strategic initiatives to provide the highest level of patient centered care. The RN practices professional nursing as a registered nurse within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model.

The professional role of the RN is exemplified by the qualities of leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, ensuring quality outcomes.

YNHHS nurses practice in a framework outlined in our professional practice model, which states, "Achieving outcomes through Autonomy and Accountability". We value Nursing Professional Governance, and use evidence and data to support our practice with the patient and family at the center, always.

The RN provides care that:

• Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family, encompassing an understanding and integration of cultural and diversity into practice.
• Includes communicating and working collaboratively with the patient, family and health care team members.
• Includes respecting the patient's values, preferences, expressed needs and knowledge of the healthcare situation in holistic data collection, in formulating health care outcomes and in the evaluation process.

STANDARDS OF PRACTICE:
The RN practice is guided by the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice. The Standards of Practice describe a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by utilizing the nursing process components of assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The registered nurse collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer's health or situation.

Diagnosis:
The RN analyzes the assessment data to determine the actual and potential diagnoses or issues.

Outcomes Identification:
The RN identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer.

Planning:
The RN develops and modifies a plan of care that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.

Implementation:
The RN implements the identified plan.

Coordination of Care:
The RN coordinates care delivery and transitions in care.

Health Teaching and Health Promotion:
The RN employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.

Evaluation:
The RN evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.

STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE:
The ANA Standards of Professional Performance describe a competent level of behavior in the professional role, including activities related to ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization and environmental health. The RN is expected to engage in professional role activities, including leadership, appropriate to their education and position, and is…