Care Manager - PRN

Job Description:

Coordinates the care and services for patients identified as needing assistance or meeting Care Management criteria.

As a Care Manager you need to know how to:

1. Collect in-depth information about a patient’s medical, functional, and social condition, to identify individual needs in order to develop a plan to meet those needs.
2. Work with patients and family/caregivers to determine specific goals and actions based on assessment.
3. Coordinate discharge planning.
4. Execute specific interventions to meet established goals.
5. Organize, integrate and coordinate the necessary resources to accomplish the goals and plan.
6. Assess the patient’s prior level of functioning, access to and/or use of community resources and available support systems.
7. Assist the care team in developing a plan of care which includes, but is not limited to: assuring appropriateness of services and care setting, assuring individualized support and education, determining the need for continued services, planning for discharge, and identifying and connecting patients/families with available community resources if needed.
8. Collaborate with Physicians and other members of the health care team on the patient’s behalf.
9. Identify appropriate admission and continued stay issues.
10. Enhance the quality of patient care through effective and efficient use of resources.
11. Help to identify strategies for reducing length of stay and appropriate utilization of services.
12. Utilize criteria including clinical pathway data and implement strategies to resolve controllable variances.
13. Attend, facilitate and participate in rounds and case conferences. Advocate for patient rights.
14. Monitor efficiency and availability of services and evaluate outcomes through variance tracking, data collection.
15. Identify needs, facilitate, or provide education to physicians and ancillary departments/nursing units regarding case management, discharge planning process, and roles.
16. Participate in multidisciplinary groups and development of guidelines.
17. Promote mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abide by service behavior standards.
18. Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school of Social Work, Sociology or related field is required.
• Minimum of one (1) year clinical experience is required.

Preferred:

• Two (2) years of case management experience in hospital setting is preferred.

Physical Requirements:

Anticipated job posting close date: 09/12/2024

Location: St James Hospital

Work City: Butte

Work State: Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$28.37 - $50.39

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.