UCLA Health

RN Case Manager - Surgery Services

UCLA Health$136K — $176K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BSN or MSN required (ASN accepted for current UCLA Health Nursing staff)
  • California RN License and BLS certification necessary
  • Recent experience in case management, utilization management, and discharge planning is mandatory
  • Minimum of three years in an acute hospital setting or equivalent education/experience
  • Demonstrated strong leadership skills essential
  • Experience in systems planning and patient care management in a high-volume environment
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills required

Responsibilities

  • Assess and coordinate care for a diverse patient population
  • Collaborate and consult with a multi-disciplinary healthcare team
  • Develop and implement individualized patient care plans utilizing evidence-based tools
  • Perform utilization review to ensure quality and effective concurrent and post-hospital care
  • Lead performance improvement initiatives to enhance care delivery

Benefits

  • Positive and supportive workplace culture
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Experience significant impact on patient care in a respected health system
  • Access to world-class medical research and education resources
Full Job Description
General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

4-day 10-hour shifts, 7:00am-5:30pm; may include weekends and holidays

Posted Date

03/16/2026

Salary Range: $65.53 - 84.75 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

indefinite

Job #

29435

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Using your advanced practice nursing skills, you will be responsible for assessing and coordinating care for a diverse group of patients. You will collaborate and consult with a multi-disciplinary health care team as well as with patients and their families to ensure safe and effective coordination of care. This involves developing and implementing individualized care plans utilizing evidence-based tools for risk stratification to ensure delivery of safe, high quality, efficient, and cost-effective care. You will also perform utilization review while assuring the delivery of concurrent and post-hospital care. We're also looking to you to help drive performance improvement efforts.

Salary Range: $65.53 - $84.75 Hourly

Job Qualifications

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We're seeking a self-directed, creative problem solver with a:
  • BSN or MSN (ASN accepted for current UCLA Health Nursing staff)
  • CA RN License and BLS certification
  • Recent experience in case management, utilization management and discharge planning
  • Minimum of three years of acute hospital experience; or the equivalent of education and experience
  • Strong leadership abilities
  • Systems planning and patient care management experience in a high-volume work environment
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills
  • Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams
  • Knowledge of a large university teaching hospitals


Preferred: certified case manager and acute hospital experience as a case manager.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

About UCLA Health

UCLA Health is a world-renowned academic medical center located in Los Angeles, California. It comprises four hospitals, including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and more than 200 primary and specialty care clinics. UCLA Health is affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the United States. The health system employs over 20,000 people and serves as a major center for patient care, medical education, and research.
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