Director Case Management

Howard Memorial is in need of an RN Case Manager Director. This position will provide Case Management/utilization review and discharge planning to assure that the patient progresses through the continuum of care and is discharged to the least restrictive environment.
A minimum of 3 years clinical nursing experience is preferred for this position.
Responsibilities

• Provides ongoing support and expertise through comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation, and overall evaluation of individual patient needs
• Coordinate the integration of social services/Case Management functions into the patient care, discharge, and home planning processes with other hospital departments, external service organizations, agencies, and healthcare facilities
• Communicate with physicians at regular intervals throughout hospitalization and develops an effective care plan to maintain appropriate cost, case and desired patient outcomes
• Facilitates interdisciplinary patient care conferences to review treatment goals, optimize resource utilization, and identified post-hospital needs
• Assess patient progress throughout hospital stay, while serving as patient and family advocate
• Collaborate with clinical staff in the development and execution of the plan of care, and achievement of goals
• Supervises the duties and schedule of the Utilization Review Nurse

Qualifications

• Current Arkansas or Compact State RN licensure
• Graduate of board approved nursing program
• ASN required, BSN preferred
• Effective communicator with critical thinking skills
• Readily exhibits leaderships skills
• BLS, ACLS certifications

Obtain Case Manager certification within 5 years of entry into position.
For internal applicants: Must be in good standing with HR.