Advocate Health Care

Registered Nurse (RN) Care Manager

Advocate Health Care$79K — $118K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Registered Nurse license from the state of Illinois required.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or a related field necessary.
  • 5 years of clinical nursing experience or 1-2 years in care management preferred.
  • Strong preference for candidates with case management or telephonic nursing experience.
  • Skill in critical thinking and problem solving is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitates communication among patients, families, and healthcare teams.
  • Collaborates with inter-professional teams to ensure quality care delivery.
  • Uses evidence-based techniques to enhance patient engagement in their care.
  • Identifies barriers to optimized care and develops action plans.
  • Independently manages a caseload while meeting regulatory requirements.
  • Partners with at-risk patients throughout their treatment journey.
  • Coordinates communication and referrals among care providers and community resources.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Paid Time Off programs.
  • Health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Retirement plans with employer matching contributions.
  • Educational Assistance Program for professional development and training.
  • Family benefits like adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
Full Job Description
Department:

10010 Community Care Partners - Administration

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Remote M-F Days. Prefer nurse to also have WI and MI license, but not required.

Pay Range:
$38.20 - $57.30

Needs IL RN licensure

Major Responsibilities:
  • Facilitates communications among patient/family, multidisciplinary team, medical management team, community resources and other disciplines to anticipate, identify, evaluate, and act to resolve any potential barriers and constraints to delivery of care in a timely manner. Understands and interprets multiple contracts and contractual obligations in order to enable the care management team to achieve maximum clinical and financial outcomes.
  • Collaborates with the patient/family and inter-professional team including the primary care team, hospital care team, post acute care managers, and other care partners to provide a model of care that ensures the delivery of quality, efficient, and cost-effective healthcare services. May work embedded within a provider office or telephonically working with a care team.
  • Uses evidenced-based approaches to increase patient and family activation and engagement in their own care. As appropriate to the population, partners with patient and family to develop SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound) goals. Assists in the development, procurement, and adoption of patient self-management educational resources.
  • Identifies potential barriers to learning and/or to the optimal delivery of care. Reports abnormal findings to the responsible provider/care team, and collaborates to develop a plan.
  • Independently manages CM caseload according to department expectations. Ensures timely completion of tasks and documentation related to MCO, regulatory and contractual requirements.
  • Partners with identified at-risk patients throughout the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up in order to deliver continuity of care. Anticipates the needs of the patient, recognizes and responds to changes in a patient's status and determines priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs.
  • Coordinates patient information and communication between and among the patient/family, the referring/accepting facilities and physicians, community caregivers (as applicable) and other members of ACM to ensure smooth transitions of care.
  • Coordinates referrals to other internal AAH departments and/or external community resources as necessary.
  • Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.


Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
  • Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices. (IL)


Education Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related field.


Experience Required:
  • Requires 5 years of experience in clinical nursing or 1-2 years of care management experience. Strong preference for case manager, telephonic nursing experience


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
  • Applicable certification is encouraged.
  • Must be self-directed with the ability to work well independently and within a team environment while recognizing and meeting the individual needs of external and internal partners/customers.
  • Ability to demonstrate excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to demonstrate critical thinking, problem solving and excellent organizational skills.
  • Ability to work productively and effectively in a complex environment that includes multiple changing priorities.
  • Demonstrated ability to work well with physicians and other healthcare professionals in a direct and positive manner.
  • Proficient computer/Microsoft-suite skills and previous Epic EMR experience.
  • Ability to handle multiple responsibilities.


This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
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Size
75,000 employees
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Founded
1976

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