Travel Nurse RN - Case Manager in Detroit, MI

Job Title

Integrated Case Manager

Job Specialty

Inpatient Case Management - Support Services

Job Duration

13 weeks

Shift

8:30 AM - 5 PM, rotating schedule with weekend availability required

Guaranteed Hours

40 hours per week

Experience

3-5 years of case management experience in an acute inpatient setting

License

Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid, unrestricted State license or Licensed Social Worker (LMSW) with a valid, unrestricted State license

Certifications

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association

Must-Have

• Experience with Epic EMR
• Strong computer skills
• Excellent verbal communication and written documentation skills
  
  

Job Description

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of patients and their family/caregivers to determine biomedical, psychological, social, and functional needs.
• Develop personalized, patient-centered care plans to optimize the patient’s care experience.
• Engage patients and families as part of the care team through advocacy, communication, health education, resource identification, and service facilitation.
• Utilize professional judgment, critical thinking, motivational interviewing, and self-management techniques to help patients overcome barriers to goal achievement.
• Provide counseling and interventions related to treatment decisions and end-of-life issues, including Advanced Care Planning.
• Ensure seamless and safe transitions for patients between care settings.
• Advocate for the appropriate delivery of services within the patient's health plan benefit structure.
• Collaborate with members of the patient's treatment/care team to manage patients with complex medical and social needs and facilitate collaborative care conferences.
• Continually evaluate the patient’s response to the care/treatment plan and make modifications when necessary.
• Plan and participate in process improvement activities to reduce risk, including data collection, analysis, and follow-up interventions.
• Facilitate interventions in cases involving child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse, institutional abuse, and sexual assault.
• Support department-based goals contributing to the success of the organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Candidates for this position should possess excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills, and a strong sense of compassion and advocacy for patients and their families.