Case Manager
LOCATION: Boardman, Ohio
CATEGORY: nursing
Overview
At Akron Children’s, careers in nursing feel different. You make an impact on a daily basis, face-to-face, on children and their families. You do much more than treat patients. As the individual your patients come to recognize, rely on and smile at, you go beyond the title of nurse. Because this is more than a job. It’s what you were meant to do.
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Job Description
Job Requisition Number 25239Population Health - Mahoning Valley ED
Full Time 40 Hours/week Exempt
Days 1000-1830 or 11-1930
Onsite
Summary:
The Case Manager assumes accountability and responsibility for managing the hospitalization of a caseload of patients from pre-admission through one-week post-discharge. Facilitates coordination of care by all members of the health care team to facilitate achievement of appropriate outcomes.Responsibilities:
1. Evaluates and assesses patients’ homegoing needs and provides case management to meet these needs for safe transition/discharge.
2. Assists in the planning and implementation of medical care and coordination of services with other patient care areas, both within and outside of the organization and links families with community resources/services.
3. Assesses and procures community resources for families, while assessing for changing patient needs throughout the course of care with appropriate referrals for consultation, as needed.
4. Assists with development and implementation of materials necessary to facilitate patient care, patient/family/caregiver education and staff education related to discharge/transition planning.
5. Demonstrates leadership and interpersonal relationship skills which enhance communication and promote conflict resolution. Communicates effectively with patients/families, the interdisciplinary team and outside resources.
6. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psych/social, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age.
7. Other duties as required.
Other information:
Technical Expertise
1. Experience in case management is preferred.
2. Experience in healthcare is required.
3. Must possess excellent oral and written skills.
4. Ability to move freely about the hospital and read/interpret written and graphical data is required.
5. Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required. Epic software or similar EMR software is preferred.
Education and Experience
1. Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, licensed and currently registered as a professional nurse in the State of Ohio. Bachelor’s degree in Nursing [BSN] is required; Master’s degree is preferred.
2. CCM or CCCTM certification preferred.
3. Current Health Care Provider BLS training from the American Heart Association is required.
4. Deals with confidential information and/or issues using discretion and judgment.
5. Minimum years of relevant experience: 3 to 5 years is required.
6. Years of experience supervising: None
Full Time
FTE: 1.000000
Status: Onsite
Grow Your Career with Akron Children’s
Here at Akron Children's, we offer many ways for our nurses to succeed and grow professionally. There are multiple ways to grow your nursing career into areas such as leadership, education/professional development, advanced practice, informatics, research, quality, and more.
Benefits
Benefits for Akron Children’s team members go far beyond their compensation. Our comprehensive benefits program offers coverage, connections and resources that enable you to live your best life while growing your career.
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Employee Highlight
What inspires me as a nurse manager is my team of staff nurses and how dedicated they are. It doesn't matter how busy we are. They work and continue to work until the job is done.Karan Johnson
Nurse Manager, Adolescent Unit
Our Promises
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To treat every child as we would our own.
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To treat others as they would like to be treated.
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To turn no child away.
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