Emergency Department Case Manager

Compensation: $85 to $90 per hour

Duties and Responsibilities -

Coordination of Care - Collaborate with healthcare teams, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and other professionals, to ensure continuity and appropriateness of care. -

Facilitate communication and coordination among healthcare providers, patients, and payers to optimize patient outcomes and minimize unnecessary healthcare services. -

Manages each patient's transition through the system and transfers accountability to the appropriate person upon entry into another clinical service or discharge.-

Discharge Planning - Coordinates and facilitates timely implementation of discharge plans for assigned patients with complex needs in collaboration with other interdisciplinary team members; arranges follow-up care as appropriate.-

Education/Consultation - Acts as an educational resource and provides consultation to patients and their families, hospital medical personnel regarding the discharge planning process and applicable regulatory requirements; educates the staff on case management; and provides specific information related to case types.-

Lead Work - May lead the work of administrative/clinical support staff responsible for assisting with case management for an assigned patient caseload.-

Patient Assessment / Plan of Care - Functions as a resource to and collaborates with physicians, social workers, nurses, and other interdisciplinary teams' members to assess, plan, and coordinate patient care needs and/or performs patient assessment and develops a plan of care to assure consistent, timely, and appropriate care is provided in a patient-focused manner.