Registered Nurse-Case Manager-Days - Beaumont, TX - Case Management

Company: Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas
Location: Beaumont
Posted on: July 30, 2022

Job Description:

Registered Nurse-Case Manager-Days - Beaumont, TX We are looking to add top talent to our Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas team.--
Join us in performing Sacred Work!
Competitive benefits are offered including:
Matched Retirement Plan
Paid Time Off
Comprehensive Benefit Plan - Medical, Dental, Vision and Much More!
Bonus Potential
Summary/Objective
The RN Case Manager-Care Management is accountable for a designated patient caseload, while supporting the physicians and interdisciplinary team in facilitating patient care, with the underlying objective of enhancing the quality of clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction; as well as, managing the cost of care and providing timely and accurate information to payors.-- -------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Essential Job Duties
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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  Proactively screens all cases on assigned caseload to identify cases at risk, using approved screening tool, for adverse health consequences post-discharge without adequate discharge planning while following established reporting procedures.
  
  
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  Actively monitors and documents information pertinent to care coordination and the progress of patients on assigned caseload; proactively intervening and ensuring tasks are completed accurately, and in a timely manner to promote communication and prevent delays in treatment and discharge of patients.
  
  
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  Communicates all elements critical to the plan of care, including the expected date of discharge to the patient/family and members of the healthcare team; as well as, referring cases with complex issues or barriers to discharge to the Case Management Director or for peer review as appropriate.
  
  
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  Collaborates and communicates with multidisciplinary team in all phases of discharge planning process, including initial patient assessment, planning, implementation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and teaching and ongoing evaluation. Ensures/maintains plan consensus from patient/family, physician and payor.
  
  
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  Initiates the implementation of the discharge plan prior to discharge to avoid delays in discharge and/ or avoidable readmissions to the hospital; evaluating post discharge needs on assigned cases and develops a discharge plan in collaboration with the patient and support person(s) based on needs indicated by evaluation.
  
  
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  Delivers regulatory notices including the Important Message, HINNs, and Observation Notice within the timeframe designated to appropriate patients on assigned caseload.
  Required Education and Experience
  Associate of Science in Nursing.
  1-3 years of related experience.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Required License/Certifications
  Licensed RN in State of Texas
  
  

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