RN Care Manager - Population Health

Vancouver Clinic • Vancouver, WA

1d • $52 - $66

About The Position

This part-time (20 hours/week) RN Care Manager at Vancouver Clinic coordinates patient-centered care for our primary care groups. Ensures seamless care through coordination, education, psychosocial support, and care transitions. Partners with patients and families to address barriers and support self-management. Supports best practices, quality improvement, and regulatory standards. Maintains required competencies and upholds core values: compassion, excellence, integrity, teamwork, safety, and respect. Compensation: hiring range is generally between $52.45-$65.77 and placement in the range is dependent on an evaluation of experience. Schedule for this position is (20 hours/week): Wednesday (8:00a to 12:00p), Thursday (8:00a to 4:30p), Friday (8:00a to 4:30p) will transition to schedule after successful completion of full-time training subject to change based on department need Key Responsibilities: Facilitates weekly and daily multidisciplinary care coordination meetings to clarify patient plan of care. Coordinates care and expected outcomes between patients/families and healthcare team including nurses, social workers, physicians, therapists, and community agencies and resources. Maintains currency in case management practice and principles specific to venue. Ensures transition plan reflects national guidelines and/or approved protocols/pathways. Focuses on promoting early intervention for complex patients and communicating a coordinated plan of care to prevent unnecessary complications and negative patient outcomes. Participates in data collection, analysis and reporting of defined indicators to facilitate comprehensive evaluation of program impact. Collaborates with VC management team and staff in developing and utilizing quality indicators to monitor and evaluate care and outcomes. Communicates with insurance and community case managers, when appropriate, to discuss benefits and obtain authorization for alternative level of care. Collaborates with VC leadership to identify educational needs of staff and assists where appropriate in filling those needs Participates in identifying needs and developing programs which facilitate attainment of organizational goals. Sponsors changes to improve department operations and supports others’ suggestions for change. Vancouver Clinic provides care across a wide range of medical decisions. This includes care and opinions on vaccinations, reproductive health, end-of-life decision-making, and gender affirming treatment. The ability to work, with or without reasonable accommodation, with a diverse population of patients and colleagues seeking or considering care in all areas in an essential function of all positions at the Clinic.

Requirements

• Active, unencumbered Washington or Multi-State RN license required
• Current unencumbered Oregon State RN license active within 90 days of hire or transfer required
• BSN or MSN/MN degree in nursing (BSN or MSN/MN) strongly preferred
• Minimum 2 years clinical nursing experience required with relevant experience in one or more of the following healthcare areas preferred: Coordination of community resources, Care management of diverse patient populations, Ambulatory Care
• Case management certification strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates weekly and daily multidisciplinary care coordination meetings to clarify patient plan of care.
• Coordinates care and expected outcomes between patients/families and healthcare team including nurses, social workers, physicians, therapists, and community agencies and resources.
• Maintains currency in case management practice and principles specific to venue.
• Ensures transition plan reflects national guidelines and/or approved protocols/pathways.
• Focuses on promoting early intervention for complex patients and communicating a coordinated plan of care to prevent unnecessary complications and negative patient outcomes.
• Participates in data collection, analysis and reporting of defined indicators to facilitate comprehensive evaluation of program impact.
• Collaborates with VC management team and staff in developing and utilizing quality indicators to monitor and evaluate care and outcomes.
• Communicates with insurance and community case managers, when appropriate, to discuss benefits and obtain authorization for alternative level of care.
• Collaborates with VC leadership to identify educational needs of staff and assists where appropriate in filling those needs
• Participates in identifying needs and developing programs which facilitate attainment of organizational goals.
• Sponsors changes to improve department operations and supports others’ suggestions for change.

Benefits

• Vancouver Clinic offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, long term disability, health savings account, flexible spending account, employee assistance program, and multiple supplemental benefits (voluntary life, critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, legal services, etc.).
• We also offer a 401k retirement plan, along with an employer matching contribution up to 4%.
• Compensation packages and time off programs vary and are dependent on factors such as department, position type, primary work state and FTE.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees