Position Summary:  Monitors, coordinates and evaluates the care and appropriateness of hospitalization; initiates referrals.  Participates in development, implementation and analysis of care delivery standards and outcome measures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Completes Continuity of Care assessments and establishes appropriate plans by initiation of timely interventions through collaboration with patients, families and multidisciplinary care team respecting choice of patient
• Concurrently reviews clinical documentation in medical record to assure timely progression of care transitions
• Collaborates with multi-disciplinary team and informs them of variance from established care pathways to ensure timely and appropriate progression of care and eliminates barriers for next site of care transitions
• Assists in expediting care delivery to avoid delays in timely service provision
• Provides feedback to medical staff and conduct education as expert resource regarding care coordination, discharge planning needs and regulatory requirements
• Delivers CMS regulatory notices within CMS established timeframes
• Promotes a clean and safe environment of care, utilizing the SAFE error prevention habits
• Provides the highest standard of privacy and confidentiality in matters involving patients, coworkers, and the hospital by abiding by the Standards of Conduct

Required Qualifications: 

Education and Training:

• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Illinois.
• BSN preferred. 2-5 years previous Case Management experience preferred.
• Current CPR
• Relevant hospital nursing; hospital case management; insurance case management experience preferred

Work Shift Details:

Department:

At Silver Cross Hospital, we care about your health and well-being and that is why we work hard to provide quality and affordable benefit options for you and your eligible family members.   

Silver Cross Hospital and Silver Cross Medical Groups offer a comprehensive benefit package available for Full-time and Part-time employees which includes:

·       Medical, Dental and Vision plans

·       Life Insurance

·       Flexible Spending Account

·       Other voluntary benefit plans

·       PTO and Sick time

·       401(k) plan with a match

·       Wellness program

·       Tuition Reimbursement

Registry employees who meet eligibility may participate in our 401(k) Savings plan with a potential match.  However,registry employees are ineligible for Health and Welfare benefits.

The expected pay for this position is listed below:

The final pay rate offered may be more than the posted range based on several factors including but not limited to: licensure, certifications, work experience, education, knowledge, demonstrated abilities, internal equity, market data, and more.