Case Manager (PRN)

• The Case Manager (CM) serves as a key member of the interdisciplinary team and actively manages and directs resource utilization to achieve the highest quality outcomes during a patient's rehabilitation experience.
• The CM coordinates and advocates for the patient during their hospitalization and from admission to post discharge.
• As an effective communicator, the CM manages information to effectively oversee health care delivery and facilitate interdisciplinary plan of care decisions.
• The CM facilitates timely communication regarding the patient's care, establishes and monitors the discharge plan implementation while identifying and addressing patient's psychosocial and support systems issues.
• The CM oversees the effective coordination of services and manages issues in the following main areas: admission and discharge, team conference and interdisciplinary plan of care communication, patient and family education, payor relations and total fiscal management.
• The CM performs ongoing utilization review and acts as a liaison to the payor while assuring that cost effective treatment is provided by the team.
• The CM assures that regulations regarding patient's rights are fulfilled.
• Job code: 100682

License and Certification

• Must be qualified to independently complete an assessment within the scope of practice of his/her discipline (for example, RN, SW, OT, PT, ST, and Rehabilitation Counseling).
• If licensure is required for his/her discipline within his/her state, individual must hold an active license.
• Current CCM® or ACM certification preferred.
• Education,
• Training and
• Years of
• Experience:
• For Nursing, must possess minimum of an Associate Degree in Nursing, RN licensure with BSN preferred. A diploma is acceptable only in those states whose minimum requirement for licensure or certification is diploma rather than Associate Degree.
• For all other eligible licensed or certified health care professionals, must possess a minimum of a baccalaureate degree and graduate degree is preferred. - 2 years of rehabilitation experience preferred
• Machines,
• Equipment
• Used:
• General office equipment such as telephone, copy machine, fax machine, calculator, computer.