Inpatient care manager (rn)- full time, days, 8 am - 4 pm, atlantic health overlook medical center

Responsible for providing care and services of selected member populations across the continuum of illness. Ensures effective utilization and monitors health care resources. Manages the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical and resource outcomes. Works with the Supervisor/Manager of Case Management to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate services and outcomes to maximize the health of the patient.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Manages, coordinates, and facilitates the care delivered to patients through patient/family assessment and multidisciplinary collaboration.
2. Ensures daily chart review, utilization reviews, coordination of discharge planning activities and comprehensive clinical documentation in the electronic medical record.
3. Provides interdisciplinary patient care rounds, and identifies and works to resolve quality of care issues, barriers to the progression of care and discharge delays.
4. Formulates, coordinates and implements discharge plans and an efficient plan of care to ensure safe, timely and effective discharge plan.
5. Works with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to manage and assist the patient care plan.
6. Performs variance tracking, outcome analysis and identifies problems to assess the effectiveness of the clinical pathways.
7. Servers as a representative of the department and for the hospital community outreach.
8. Performs other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

1. Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
2. Valid New Jersey Nursing License Required.

Preferred:

1. Minimum of 3 years of Acute Care experience is strongly preferred.

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation.