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Job ID: 892811
Estimated Weekly Gross: $2,202.39
Job Title
Registered Nurse (RN) – Case Manager
Location
Pittsfield, MA | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Days | Five 8-hour shifts per week (10/12-hour shifts are not available for this position)
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the healthcare needs, facilitation, and achievement of quality and cost outcomes for all patients across the continuum of care
- Utilize a multidisciplinary team approach to negotiate, procure, coordinate, and monitor services and resources needed by patients
- Review patients at admission and concurrently throughout the hospital stay to assess appropriate level of care and utilization of resources
- Perform transition care planning activities to secure appropriate post-hospital care arrangements and monitor patients throughout their hospitalization
- Collaborate and negotiate with providers, patients, families, insurance organizations, and government agencies to support optimal patient outcomes
- Participate in performance improvement initiatives and prepare comprehensive summary reports for files, management, legal, and/or regulatory agencies as needed
Required Qualifications
- Active Massachusetts RN License required
- Active BLS certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross required
- 3+ years of clinical experience in acute care settings such as internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics, mother/child, cardiology, or oncology (experience in Rehab, Home Health, or Long-Term Care may be considered)
- Ability to perform comprehensive admission and discharge risk assessments related to quality, financial, payer benefit allowances and limitations, risk management, and patient satisfaction
- Knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, third-party commercial payers, and reimbursement requirements
- Knowledge of local community resources and proficiency with computer applications, including the ability to manage multiple open applications simultaneously
- Traveler must have their own vehicle for this assignment
- Must reside at least 50 miles from the facility to be eligible
Preferred Experience / Skills
- CCMA/ACM – Certified Case Manager or Accredited Case Manager certification preferred
- RN-BC – Board Certification in Case Management preferred
- Meditech Expanse experience highly preferred
- Knowledge of regulatory and accreditation organizations such as Joint Commission, DPH, and Healthgrades preferred
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to work at a nationally recognized, top-rated teaching hospital known for patient safety excellence and a full continuum of medical specialties
- Collaborative, multidisciplinary environment with exposure to a broad range of clinical specialties and complex patient populations