Summary
Position will be for Discharge Planning.Job Description:
Case management services are designed to assist patient and family members with continuing care arrangements that may be necessary following discharge from the hospital. Case managers work with physicians, nurses, physical therapists and other members of the health care team to identify and coordinate alternative care or services that will assist in recovery.
Case Manager RN
Full-Time, Days
Job Description:
- The Case Manager strives for excellence in direct patient care by building a collaborative caring work environment coordinating care and information across the various disciplines focused on patient outcomes and wellness.
- The Case Manager assesses plans and facilitates options and services which best meet the patients’ healthcare needs in the continuum of care.
- The Case Manager formulates goals with the patient and their families.
- The Case Manager advocates for the patient through communication and evaluation of available resources to promote quality cost-effective and safe outcomes.
- The Case Manager incorporates standards of care for Case Management including identification/selection of patients for case management services, problem identification, planning, monitoring, evaluating, transition of care and outcomes.
- The Case Manager implements practice based on current research and evidence-based practice and ensures adherence to hospital and department policies, regulatory standards, and guidelines.
- The Case Manager supports an environment of caring focused on the patient’s healing and wellness.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing
- Current RN license in Ky
- Five years experience in acute care nursing, case management, utilization management or related field.
- BLS within 30 days
Benefits:
- Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance.
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually.
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave.
- 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire. Bereavement Leave (includes pets).
- PTO Sell Back Program.
- Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation).
- Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support.
- Retirement with Company Match.
- Identity Theft Protection.
Work Experience
Education
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing
- Current RN license in Ky
- Five years experience in acute care nursing, case management, utilization management or related field
- BLS within 30 days
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
