Winston Salem, NC, United States
Job ID: 106220
Job Family: Nursing
Status: Full Time
Shift: Variable
Detailed Shift and Schedule: 3 12's one week, 4 12's the next
Job Type: Regular
Department Name: 12531085043522-Nursing - Care Cordination
Take your nursing career to the next level as a Case Manager (full time, nights) for the Emergency Department at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist! Our world-class and compassionate care team unite expertise with empathy, ensuring every patient's story ends with triumph over their toughest battles.
Position Highlights:
- Shift Schedule: Full time, Nights (8p-8a), Rotating between three 12-hour shifts one week and four 12-hour shifts the next, Every other weekend required
- Department: Care Coordination - Coverage Area:Emergency Department
- Location: Winston Salem Campus
What We Offer:
- Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
- Generous PTO: Accrue up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
- Education Reimbursement:We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor’s degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.
- Wellness Incentives:Take advantage of up to $1,350 per year in wellness incentives through our LiveWELL program, prioritizing your well-being.
- Parental Benefits:We understand the importance of family, providing six weeks of paid birthing-mother maternity leave and four weeks of paid parental leave.
- Retirement:Secure your financial future with up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions.
What You’ll Need:
- Graduation from accredited School of Nursing; BSN required. MSN preferred.
- Registered Nurse licensure from the State of North Carolina Board of Nursing
- Minimum 2 years of relevant clinical experience. Previous Case Management experience preferred.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required
- Certification in Case Management highly recommended within 2 years of employment.
How You’ll Impact Patient Care:
Energizing healthcare at its core, we deliver nursing care through a dynamic process – expertly assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating. Leading a dedicated team, we unite with a diverse group of healthcare professionals, weaving together a tapestry of age-appropriate and developmentally sensitive care that exceeds the highest nursing standards.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Identifies patients who would benefit from Case Management interventions based on an initial screening assessment of discharge needs.
- Assesses all relevant data and obtains information by interviewing patient/family and performing objective evaluation of patient needs.
- Ensures that a Plan of Care is developed and implemented in conjunction with nursing to enhance client outcomes in a cost-efficient manner by defining desired patient outcomes (goals) with other members of team. Collaborates with the patient, caregivers, the multidisciplinary team and community service providers to effectively execute the Plan of Care. Facilitates. The Case Manager coordinates the discharge planning process; ensuring discharge planning needs are completed.
- Evaluates and monitors the effectiveness of the discharge planning by facilitating changes in Plan of Care as needed with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Documents Case Management actions in the Electronic Medical Record and communicates necessary information to providers and payors.
- Participates in multi-disciplinary rounds to communicate discharge planning and be the driver of patient progression through the system. Establishes partnerships with physicians to achieve institutional goals and contribute to excellent patient care by the organization.
- Identifies system issues and suggest interventions to the Supervisor to eliminate duplication in services and documents significant variances. Identifies trends/process barriers and participates in development of plans to ensure a method to move patients effectively through the care continuum.
- Monitors medical necessity of admissions, continued hospitalization, and surgical procedures using criteria approved by the medical staff and evaluates appropriate level of care for patient and notified the Utilization Review staff of necessary changes
- Utilizes principles of quality improvement in every aspect of performance by participating in unit and organizational quality improvement activities to develop strategies to reduce or resolve variations in practice.
- Provides age/developmentally-appropriate patient planning and communication in accordance with Age-Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
- Maintains working knowledge of payer and reimbursement practices impacting the plan of care. Demonstrates the ability to guide the patient and family through an evaluation of their options for post discharge care.
If you are a dedicated nurse looking to make a difference in patient care, we welcome you to be a part of our team in Case Management. Join us and experience the fulfillment of providing exceptional healthcare in a supportive and dynamic environment. Apply today!
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