RN Case Manager (Full Time, 40 Hours), West Penn Hospital

Job Title

This job has responsibility for creating, implementing, and evaluating care plans for patients and their families/caregivers across the health continuum.

Job Description

This role is full-time, 40 hours per week. Hours are approximately 0800-1600 per day. This position is located on-site at West Penn Hospital.

West Penn Hospital has Magnet recognition, private patient rooms, free employee parking and a generous benefit package (for full-time and part-time status employees).

At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.

Essential Responsibilities

1. Contributes to or completes comprehensive assessment of patients and their families/caregivers, inclusive of clinical/physical needs, social determinants of health, and economic barriers impacting their ability to manage their health.
2. Effectively identifies barriers and analyzes situations for assigned patient population, including risk for admission/readmission, external resources, and patient/family capacity in order to determine safe plans for transition and care coordination.
3. Coordinates the clinical care with the patient, family, provider(s), and members of the interdisciplinary team.
4. Advocates for patients and families through effectively communicating with providers, interdisciplinary team members, payers, and post-acute partners to assure effective outcomes and care.
5. Leverage understanding of industry standards to provide applicable education to patients, families, providers, and interdisciplinary team partners including but not limited to: appropriateness of care, documentation requirements, utilization review principles and criteria, insurance benefits and limitations, transition planning requirements, length of stay, and resource utilization.
6. Actively seeks professional development opportunities through professional certification, mentoring/precepting, and/or participation on department/hospital/system committees.
7. Adheres to the policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and requirements of hospitals and other clinical settings.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing -OR- Bachelor's Degree and Nursing Diploma -OR- 6 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• 3 years in a clinical nursing role
• Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Professional Certification within 5 years of start date. Incumbents in role as of 12/1/2022 have until 12/31/2026 to obtain
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Flexibility and adaptability to change
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with ability to tailor style according to target audience (providers, peers, clinical team members, patients, families)
• CPR American Heart Association
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate

Preferred

• Nationally recognized Case Management Certification
• Transition planning and understanding of community and facility resources
• Knowledge of motivational interviewing techniques
• BSN

Licenses or Certifications

Required

• None

Preferred

• ACM Certification (Accredited Case Manager) - American Case Management Association - American Case Management Association
• Case Management - American Board of Occupational Health Nurses (ABOHN) and Certified Case Manager (CCM)
• Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC)