Inpatient Care Manager; RN- Per-Diem Medical Center

Job Description

Responsible for providing care and services of selected member populations across the continuum of illness, ensuring effective utilization and monitoring health care resources. Manages the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical and resource outcomes, working with the Supervisor/Manager of Case Management to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate services and outcomes to maximize patient health.

• Manages, coordinates, and facilitates the care delivered to patients through patient/family assessment and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Ensures daily chart review, utilization reviews, coordination of discharge planning activities and comprehensive clinical documentation in the electronic medical record.
• Provides interdisciplinary patient care rounds, and identifies and works to resolve quality of care issues, barriers to the progression of care and discharge delays.
• Forms, coordinates and implements discharge plans and an efficient plan of care to ensure safe, timely and effective discharge.
• Works with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to manage and assist the patient care plan.
• Performs variance tracking, outcome analysis and identifies problems to assess the effectiveness of the clinical pathways.
• Serves as a representative of the department and for the hospital community outreach.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field.
• Valid New Jersey Nursing License.

• Minimum of 3 years of Acute Care experience.