Care Manager Job Sandy Springs area,Georgia USA,Healthcare

Overview

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Assists all patients through the healthcare system by acting as a patient advocate and navigator.

Conducts assessments of patient/family needs by coordinating input from all health professionals and formulating a documented plan assuring continuity of care for the highest risk patients

Coordinates continuity of patient care with patients and families following hospital admission, discharge, and ER visits

Delegates care based on situation while assuming accountability for patient outcome. Supports assistive personnel; serves as a resource and holds assistive personnel accountable to complete delegated tasks.

Along with physician hospitalists/PCPs/specialists, leads and coordinates activities of interdisciplinary treatment team required to make high risk clinical, benefit and network decisions

Identifies appropriate providers, facilities, external healthcare organizations throughout the continuum of care and communicates with an interdisciplinary treatment team to develop and maintain positive working relationships with patients, families and providers

Functions as a coordinator and manager of a defined health population across multiple care settings and for multiple physicians/health care providers or health plan counterparts

Coordinates care across the continuum (inpatient/outpatient/community) to assure appropriate utilization of clinical and community resources

Works collaboratively with provider practices to offer individualized assistance with improving and maintaining quality patient care

Guides development of multiple health care partnerships to achieve positive health outcomes

Knowledge

Skills and Abilities

/ License or Certification Required

Bachelor's degree in Nursing or applicable field

Current unrestricted license as a registered nurse (RN) in the State of Georgia OR an accredited advanced healthcare related degree

Minimum 3 years of clinical care experience

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