Director Case Management in Nashville, Arkansas at Howard Memorial Hospital

We are looking for a Director of Case Management at Howard Memorial Hospital. We are a critical access hospital located in Nashville, Arkansas. We provide comprehensive patient-focused care in a variety of settings— emergency, surgical, inpatient and outpatient—delivered by skilled medical professionals. Our not-for-profit status ensures that all financial resources remaining after expenses are re-invested in the hospital to improve technology, the facility and patient services.

This position is an integral role in providing case management/utilization review, and discharge planning. It is a full-time, 72 hours per pay period position.

Responsibilities

• Provides case management/utilization review and discharge planning to assure that the patient progresses through the continuum of care and is discharged to the least restrictive environment.
• Provides ongoing support and expertise through comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation, and overall evaluation of individual patient needs.
• Coordinate the integration of social services/case management functions into the patient care, discharge, and home planning processes with other hospital departments, external service organizations, agencies, and healthcare facilities.
• Communicate with physicians at regular intervals throughout hospitalization and develops an effective care plan to maintain. appropriate cost, case and desired patient outcomes.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary patient care conferences to review treatment goals, optimize resource utilization, and identified post-hospital needs.
• Assess patient progress throughout hospital stay, while serving as patient and family advocate.
• Collaborate with clinical staff in the development and execution of the plan of care, and achievement of goals.
• Supervises the duties and schedule of the Utilization Review Nurse.

Qualifications

• BSN preferred, ASN required.
• 3+ years experience in clinical nursing experience.
• Effective written and verbal communication and critical thinking skills.
• Readily exhibits leadership skills.
• Obtain Case Manager certification within 5 years of entry into the position.