Nurse Care Manager

Nurse Care Manager

Join our team of nurses at Centra Wellness Network (CWN), who are respected clinical experts, knowledgeable educators, and strong client advocates. The Nurse Care Manager functions as the central point of contact for directing patient-centered care across the broader health care system. Your office will be surrounded by nature, just miles from beaches, hiking trails, unique restaurants and breweries and the historic Vogue Theater.

Staff at CWN are valued and receive several great benefits including but not limited to:

• Generous Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours (frontloaded and prorated your first year) 12 paid holidays
• Premium Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health savings account with annual agency contribution
• Awesome coworkers!

CWN is the publicly funded Community Mental Health Service Provider for Manistee and Benzie Counties. We're an established company since the early 1980s (some might even call us vintage!) We see a community where everyone's life is valued, has meaning, and each person is treated with dignity and respect. It's a serious business, but we leave room for fun, team building and staff support. We're frequently asking, what's the impact on clients and what's the impact on staff?

Your superpower is stellar communication and fierce patient advocacy. You are a person who not just does well coordinating care for others but seeks it out and master it. You are known for your:

• Customer Service Skills: You treat clients and your co-workers with dignity and respect. You are professional in appearance and work habits. You set and work within your boundaries.
• Teamwork: You work collectively to enhance team performance. You promote discussions to share knowledge and experience and assist co-workers in contributing to the overall success of the team and agency.
• Problem Solving and Decision-Making Skills: You independently identify and solve problems by applying sound problem-solving skills. Your decisions reflect the best interest of the organization and accept responsibility for the decisions you make.
• Integrity: You demonstrate honest behavior in all of your roles, tasks and responsibilities, and you follow through on your commitments.
• Reliability: You are personally responsible and complete your work in a timely, consistent manner. You are regularly present and punctual, and you work the hours necessary to complete your assigned work.

As the RN Care Manager, you are a part of a revolutionary service coordinating all patient care between primary, specialty, inpatient and behavioral health services. You serve a variety of patients including individuals with substance use disorders and both children and adults with mental illness.

Your role is to assist clients in initial and ongoing care coordination including:

• Monitoring client's status with ongoing assessment and screenings.
• Collaborating with the client to develop an initial care plan.
• Identifying strategies to implement evidenced-based wellness and prevention initiatives.
• Communicating with medical providers, substance abuse service providers, long term care and hospitals.
• Providing education on health conditions, treatment recommendations and medication.

At CWN, we recognize all people's vulnerabilities to trauma and traumatic experiences and how that impacts daily living. We use practice models suitable for our job that are evidence based or best practice to support our staff's daily functions, models of treatment, strength-based initiatives and quality outcomes. We encourage those with lived experience with mental illness, developmental disability, and/or substance use disorders to apply to bring valuable insight and perspective to our agency.

Requirements

Qualifications

Michigan Registered Nurse (preferred) or Licensed Practice Nurse with: A minimum of one year's experience in a managed care setting preferred and, A minimum of three to five years medical nursing, surgical nursing and/or nursing in the acute care setting. Valid Michigan's driver's license. Ability to sustain State Licensure in field of practice and/or Certifications to perform duties of the job. Ability to be certified in First Aid and CPR within 90 days of hire (agency available training) Knowledge of chronic physical and mental health conditions, substance use disorders, evidence-based guidelines, prevention, wellness, health risk assessments, and patient education. Ability to successfully navigate a computer system with minimal support.

Preferred Skills

Training and education in Substance Use Disorders, Behavioral Health, and Co-occurring disorders. Experience in motivational interviewing for client engagement along with other interventions, screenings, and treatments used in behavioral health and substance use disorders. Proficiency with Electronic Health Records (EHRs), data entry, and computer software including Microsoft (office, word, excel, power point, and teams).

Benefits:

Premium healthcare insurance including medical, dental, and vision for individuals and families Health Savings Account with annual employer contribution Flex Spending Account Retirement Plan with employer matching 160 hours of paid time off (prorated your first year) Twelve (12) paid holidays Sign On Bonus Referral Bonus (when you refer someone to join our team) Ongoing training and education Tuition reimbursement Employee Assistance Program Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Life Insurance

CWN prioritizes work and life balance. Your supervisor will work with you to utilize flex time and paid time off. You will primarily work in the office with the following schedule: Monday through Friday Between 8:00am and 5:00pm

You may be required to work hours outside of the regular schedule if assigned by your supervisor to meet clients' needs.

Light travel (<5% of time) may be required for job-related assignments, training or presentations.