Inpatient Care Manager Registered Nurse

The Inpatient Care Manager II is critical for working with assigned patients, including assessing, facilitating, planning, and advocating health needs on an individual basis. In this role you will perform admission screening for all patients in a bed for medical necessity, reviews for appropriateness of setting, utilization, care planning quality, and facilitates discharge planning on admission and concurrent basis. Maintain accurate, concise and timely documentation in EPIC and DOC flowsheets for discharge planning and payer authorization. Act as liaison and coordinates with hospital multidisciplinary team, post-discharge providers and patient/family with the transition of care. Comply with all accrediting bodies, governmental agencies, and third-party payer requirements related to discharge planning and mandated reporting. Collaborate with the care team (nursing, provider, social worker, ancillary team members) to individualize treatment plans to address any patient care needs in order to achieve defined goals for improved patient outcomes.