Professional Performance Development Group, Inc
Registered Nurse - Case Manager
Aurora, Colorado•Full-time
$46.76 - $50.98 hourly
$46.76 - $50.98 hourly
About the Job
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Degree: Associates Degree of Nursing.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:
- Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Certification: Possess one of the following certifications:
- Commission for Case Manager Certification Certified Case Manager (CCM).
- Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission: Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS).
- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses: Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN).
- American Board for Occupational Health Nurses Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN) or Certified Occupational Health Nurse-Specialist (COHN-S).
- National Board for Certification in Continuity of Care: Advanced Certification in Continuity of Care (ACCC).
- Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification: Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC).
- American Nurses Credentialing Center Nurse Case Manager (RN-NCM).
- National Academy of Certified Care Managers: Care Manager Certified (CMC).
EXPERIENCE:
- One year of experience in nursing.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
The duties include but are not limited to the following:
- Participate in all phases of the Case Management Program (CMP) and ensure that the CMP meets established case management (CM) standards of care.
- Provide nursing expertise about the CM process, including assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring. Identify opportunities for CM and identify and integrate local CM processes.
- Develop and implement local strategies using inpatient, outpatient, onsite and telephonic CM.
- Develop and implement tools to support case management, such as those used for patient identification and patient assessment, clinical practice guidelines, algorithms, CM software, and databases for community resources.
- Integrate CM and utilization management (UM) and integrating nursing case management with social work case management.
- Maintain liaison with appropriate community agencies and organizations.
- Accurately collect and document patient care data.
- Develop treatment plans including preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, psychosocial, and clinical interventions to ensure continuity of care toward the goal of optimal wellness.
- Establish mechanisms to ensure proper implementation of patient treatment plan and follow-up post discharge in ambulatory and community health care settings.
- Provide appropriate health care instruction to patient and/or caregivers based on identified learning needs.