RN - Complex Discharge Planner - WCMC - AS Utilization Management - Full Time - 8 Hour - Days

Job Description: The Complex Discharge Planner plays a vital role in managing patient flow from Concord Medical Center (CMC) and Walnut Creek Medical Center (WCMC) to post-acute care settings, including Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs), board-and-care homes, and other lower levels of care. This position supports system-wide efforts to reduce hospital length of stay by ensuring timely transitions, leasing post-acute beds when needed, and helping patients access benefits and resources that support safe discharge and long-term success. The RN also plays a key role in ensuring that patients receive the right care, at the right time and place. The Complex Discharge Plannerhas a relentless focus on excess day reduction and care transitions when patients do not require general acute care. This role is utilized for community members who require a higher level of case management than typical post-acute services, helping to manage demand across the care continuum. Education Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - Required Experience At least 3 years of clinical experience in acute care, with 1 or more years in case management, discharge planning, or post-acute care coordination (Skilled nursing, Residential Care or Payor, etc.) Prior experience with leased bed programs, patient throughput management, letters of agreement, or transitional care coordination - Preferred Experience working with diverse and underserved patient populations - Preferred Certifications RN Registered Nursing - California Board of Nursing - Required BLS Basic Life Support - American Heart Association - Required Case Management Certification (CCM, ACM, or similar) - Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities In-depth understanding of post-acute care services, hospital discharge processes, Medi-Cal and other benefit programs. Excellent communication, critical thinking, financial analysis, time management and continuous improvement skills. Ability to build strong relationships with physicians, interdisciplinary teams, patients, families, and community partners. Proficiency in Epic Electronic Health Record required. Work Shift: 08.0 - 08:00 - 16:30 No Waive (United States of America) Pay Range: $96.12 - $129.76 Hourly Offer amounts are based on demonstrated/relevant experience and/or licensure. Pay will be adjusted to the local market if hired outside of the Bay Area. Note: Positions at JMH which are exempt (not eligible for overtime) under the level of Manager are listed as hourly for compensation purposes on this posting. The work shift will contain the word ‘exempt’ on it. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 John Muir Health is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit health care organization east of San Francisco serving patients in Contra Costa, Alameda and southern Solano Counties. It includes a network of more than 1,000 primary care and specialty physicians and 6,300 employees, The health system’s facilities include John Muir Health, Walnut Creek Medical Center (554-bed acute care facility), which serves as Contra Costa County's only designated trauma center, and John Muir Health, Concord Medical Center (247-bed acute care facility). Together, they are recognized as top centers for neurosciences, orthopedic, cancer, cardiovascular, trauma, emergency, pediatric, and high-risk obstetrics care. Other areas of specialty include general surgery, robotic surgery, weight-loss surgery, rehabilitation and critical care. In February 2024, John Muir Health opened the Behring Pavilion, which is home to the UCSF-John Muir Health Jean and Ken Hofmann Cancer Center in Walnut Creek. This state-of-the-art facility brings cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care coordination into one location. Patients benefit from the expertise of top cancer specialists from John Muir Health and UCSF Health and have access to the latest treatment advances close to home. John Muir Health also offers complete inpatient and outpatient behavioral health programs and services at our 73-bed fully accredited psychiatric hospital and outpatient center located in Concord. In addition, John Muir Health provides a number of primary care and outpatient services at 89 practice sites throughout the community and urgent care centers in Berkeley, Brentwood, Concord, San Ramon and Walnut Creek. John Muir Health offers a collaborative, patient-centered health care environment with an emphasis on listening, explaining, and working together as a team, to help patients achieve their optimal health. We recognize those who exemplify excellence and reward them for contributing to our collective success. From individual to department to spontaneous recognition, Employee of the Month, Employee Suggestion Program rewards, Employee Success Sharing Program, and many more, we find unique ways to thank our employees for the outstanding efforts they make every day. Competitive salary and benefit package available. At John Muir Health, we strive to be a leading health system through the cultivation of a culture of belonging where every patient, employee, provider, and community member feels safe and valued for embracing all aspects of their differences. As an Equal Opportunity employer, we encourage and consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please visit the EEO website here. All hospitals are accredited by The Joint Commission, a national surveyor of quality patient care. John Muir Health is an equal opportunity employer.