What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Care Manager position at Cameron Craig Group?
Position Summary
The RN Care Manager performs the initial comprehensive assessment on admission in accordance with the Care Management Department policy, screening all patients by utilizing established tools for high risk indicators to ensure high risk patient populations receive the appropriate supportive services for discharge to prevent readmission and assess all populations for potential discharge planning needs. Provides ongoing reassessment of needs throughout the hospital course. Performs UR activity per department policy.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities Includes the Following :
- Understands and adheres to the WPH Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors
- Completes a comprehensive initial assessment.
- Performs all activities for multidisciplinary care coordination at the intra-hospital level of care and inter-hospital level of care.
- Performs all transitional planning activities including but not limited to : Patient / caregiver educationArrangement of all aftercareCommercial payer involvementHigh utilizer patient root cause
- Communicates and collaborates all relevant patient information to appropriate health team members.
- Ensures department goals of LOS reduction, readmission prevention, denial reduction, and satisfaction improvement are realized.
- Documents per department requirements.
- Participates in Performance Improvement activities as needed.
- Performs all UR activities per department policy : Commercial payer reviewsDisposition determination,Retro / self-auditMC varianceAdmission clinical review.
- The RN Care Manager collaborates with all Health Care professionals to evaluate the needs and the safe discharge of all geriatric patients including but not limited to inpatients, emergency department and surgical outpatients.
- Performs all other related duties as assigned
Education & Experience Requirements
Core Competencies
