Continuum Care Manager-RN

Overview

We are currently seeking a Continuum Care Manager-Inpatient for our Cross Care Continuum Department Required: -Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois required -BSN degree required -BLS/CPR for the Healthcare provider (American Heart Association) or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer (American Red Cross) -Minimum 2 years’ current hospital inpatient med/surgical clinical nursing experience -required. -Minimum 2 years’ utilization review, discharge planning, case management or disease management required. What you need to know: --This position requires occasional floating between hospital sites (Evanston, Glenbrook, Skokie, Highland Park). -Facilitate payer authorization process and ensure admission classification is accurate. -Work with physician care team to ensure documentation accurately reflects severity of illness and intensity of service. -Collaborate with physicians, nursing and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team to effect timely, appropriate patient progression. -Address/resolve system problems impeding diagnostic and treatment progress. -Facilitate completion of discharge assessment and plan, modification of plan of care, communication to third party payers and assignment of appropriate level of care. -Facilitate complex care meetings with patient and families to coordinate the plan of care including post- acute care needs.

Benefits

Company

This is an integrated healthcare delivery system consistently ranked as a Top 15 Teaching Hospital in the U.S. They are headquartered in Evanston, Ill., and have a 900 physician multispecialty group practice, Medical Group, with 130 locations in the Chicagoland area. They have annual revenues of $2.1 billion and employ 10,500 people. This is a Magnet-recognized organization, the first in Illinois to receive this prestigious honor as an entire system that demonstrates excellence in nursing and high standards in patient care. This is a not-for-profit organization principally formed to provide quality healthcare services for the communities it serves. The delivery of healthcare services is provided in a wide range of inpatient and ambulatory healthcare settings, communitywide, employing modern technology and expertise.