Clinical specialist Job at Carle Health, Urbana, IL

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  • Carle Health
  • Urbana, IL

Job Description

Full job description

  • Department: IP Clinical Case Mgmt - CFH
  • Entity: Champaign-Urbana Service Area
  • Job Category: Nursing
  • Employment Type: Full - Time
  • Job ID: 46916
  • Experience Required: 3 - 5 Years
  • Education Required: Associates Degree

  • Shift: Day
  • Location: Urbana, IL
  • Usual Schedule: M-F 8A-430P
  • On Call Requirements: Occasional
  • Work Location: Carle Urbana Forum
  • Nursing Specialty: Case Management
  • Secondary Job Category: Nursing
  • Weekend Requirements: no
  • Other Posting Information: $5,000 sign-on bonus and $5,000 relocation (for greater than 100 miles) or $2,500 relocation (for greater than 50 miles) for nurses with 1 or more years experience - External Applicants Only
  • Holiday Requirements: 1 holiday per year, rotation

Position Summary:
Responsible for the oversight, coordination, and management of the functional and financial outcomes during acute illness requiring hospitalization for patients of the Carle Foundation Hospital. Ensures patients receive proactive initial assessment of needs, ongoing evaluations, and initiation of discharge planning while facilitating a safe and timely transition from the acute care/hospital setting to an appropriate level of care outside the hospital. Utilizes the five components of case management: assessment, coordination, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation. Multidisciplinary Rounds are completed daily with the care team at the patient's bedside which assists the team for timely planning and collaboration.

Qualifications:

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Associate's Degree in Nursing and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required within five (5) years of start date



CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
Registered Professional Nurse (RN) License Illinois upon hire and Accredited Case Manager Certification within 3 years.



EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Three (3) years Related Field



ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS


  • Attend and satisfactorily complete all required continuing education regarding the care of acute stroke patients



SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Able to establish professional relationships with all healthcare providers, work independently and collaborate, have strong communication and organizational skills and attention to detail, and able to follow and manage multiple patient cases concurrently.

Essential Functions:

  • Act as a liaison working with patient/family and physician to determine next level of care
  • Conducts case review presentations to educate peers on unique or challenging cases and scope of practice issues.
  • Coordinates the transition from inpatient care to post-hospital care, working with pre- and post- hospital providers to ensure responsive and appropriate care is provided post-discharge.
  • Documents plan of care and utilization issues in appropriate locations, including but not limited to: case management/utilization review software and the multidisciplinary plan of care document on all assigned patients.
  • Evaluates effectiveness of plan of care to ensure the progression toward desired patient outcomes.
  • Initiates intervention, both pre-hospital, in-hospital, and post-hospital, for patients and families identified from a proactive initial admission assessment, as well as through referrals from members of the health care team.
  • Initiates timely referrals to other health care team members (quality improvement, risk manager, social workers, physicians, Home Services, etc.)
  • Performs nursing activities of assessment, coordination, planning, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation. Interacts with clients, caregivers and families to assess, plan care, arrange services, monitor, and provide support and education.
  • Proactively investigates coverage for post-hospital needs and presents options to the patient/family and provider.
  • Provides oversight of acute setting plan of care to ensure coordination and completion of services to meet post-hospitalization needs.
  • Lead an interdisciplinary team to achieve organizational goals related to length of stay and readmissions.
  • Track avoidable days on inpatient stays.
  • Readmission assessment of inpatient stays.
  • Assess patients for post discharge needs.
  • Participate in daily white board rounds.
  • Arrange DME, Home Care, Hospice, assisting with returns to ECFs, and Transportation
  • Assist any patient/family care conferences.
  • Participate in department work groups.
  • HRHC: make follow up appointments with primary care provider before patient discharges, makes post discharge phone calls to ensure patient is doing well and has what they need for success. Obtain prior authorizations for swing bed patients, maintain the work ques, and address denials.
  • RMH: make follow up appointments with primary care provider before patient discharges, makes post discharge phone calls to ensure patient is doing well and has what they need for success. Initial utilization review for emergency room patients being admitted.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.

Effective September 20, 2021, the COVID 19 vaccine is required for all new Carle Health team members. Requests for medical or religious exemption will be permitted.

Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Local area, Relocation, Relocation bonus, Shift work, Weekend work,

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