Nurse Care Manager - (Med/Surg/Psych) - Full Time Days
St. Joseph's Health
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- Location
- Paterson, NJ
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 16
- 3 days ago
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About the company
St. Joseph's Health
Hospital & health care · 5,001 to 10,000 employees
What you'll do
- Coordinate and implement systems and services for multidisciplinary patient care management, communicate across the continuum, and support quality, cost-efficient care.
- Work with hospital personnel to reduce resource use and review records for admission, continued-stay, and level-of-care appropriateness.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or closely related field and two to three years of work related experience. Managed care, home care, discharge planning or case management experience is strongly recommended. Case Management Society of America Certification CCM preferred. Licensure required as a Registered Nurse by the State of New Jersey.
- Education: a bachelor's degree or a professional certificate
Key skills
Registered Nursemanaged carehome caredischarge planningcase management
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Responsible for the coordination and implementation of systems and services leading towards an organized, multidisciplinary team approach to patient care management. Provides clear communication across the continuum to improve patient outcomes. Assures quality, cost-efficient care for an identified patient population through the continuum of care. Develops and coordinates efforts to reduce clinical resource utilization by working closely with physicians, nursing staff and other hospital personnel. Reviews medical records for appropriateness of admissions, continued stay and level of care changes against criteria of severity of ilness and ilness of service to ensure optimal reimbursement to the hospital.
Bachelor's degree in Nursing or closely related field and two to three years of work related experience. Managed care, home care, discharge planning or case management experience is strongly recommended. Case Management Society of America Certification CCM preferred. Licensure required as a Registered Nurse by the State of New Jersey.