Case Manager - Part Time, Days

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Part time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

Join Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH), a distinguished not-for-profit community hospital nestled in the picturesque coastal community of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Since 1884, AJH has been a cornerstone of healthcare excellence in the Merrimack Valley, North Shore, and Southern New Hampshire regions, renowned for our commitment to high-quality care and exceptional patient satisfaction. Located just 35 miles northeast of Boston, AJH offers the perfect blend of a supportive community hospital environment and the vast opportunities that come with being part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the region. As a member of our team, you'll be part of a network of over 39,000 caregivers and staff dedicated to providing extraordinary care to more than 1.7 million people from 150 cities and towns across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Discover a rewarding career at AJH, where you can make a meaningful impact within a close-knit community while advancing your professional growth within a thriving healthcare system.

Are you ready to become a part of our dynamic Case Management Team?

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:  

• Appropriately identifies and assesses all new admissions for case management intervention based on interdisciplinary case referral and case management high risk criteria. Reviews all new admissions for clinical appropriateness based on severity of illness and intensity of service.
• Develops an individual plan of care based on the needs of the patient and develops a realistic discharge plan in collaboration with the patient/family/health care team.
• Implements a plan of care based on the needs of the patient, providing ongoing support and resources to patients and families, communicates effectively with payers’ changes in patient status.
• Effectively communicates with the interdisciplinary health care team discharge needs and obstacles affecting treatment and discharge disposition. Makes referrals to appropriate agencies based on patient need and sets up family/resource meetings.
• Prioritizes and manages daily case load based on patient and hospital need. Concurrently review’s patient treatment plan and progress to ensure that patients continue to meet level of care according to payer specific criteria and communicates this to individual payers in a timely manner.
• Ensures that all patients are aware and in agreement with their individual discharge plan, reassessing and updating plans of care to meet patient and family needs, while advocating and respecting patient rights.
• Complete, accurate and legible documentation follows mandatory documentation guidelines.
• Maintains RN credentials, attends continuing education programs and completes annual ARK.
• As a facilitator of the discharge plan is accountable and responsible for the utilization management, continuing evaluation and implementation of discharge planning in accordance with often changing individual patient needs.

Scheduled Hours: 16 hr/wk, weekend/holiday rotation

Work Shift: Day - 8a - 430p

Education: Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program. BSN Preferred.

Required Experience: 3-4 years of relevant nursing experience in the acute care setting and previous case management experience, utilization review and/or discharge planning experience is required.

Required Licensures/Certifications: Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. CCM/ACM certification desired.

Benefits working at Anna Jaques Hospital:

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Development and Opportunities
• Free On-Site Parking
• Discounts/Savings on various businesses.
• Health and Wellness activities

Apply today and learn more!

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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