Case Manager - Emergency Department

Company: Scripps Health
Location: Encinitas
Posted on: September 17, 2020

Job Description:

Since 1978, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has been serving North County’s coastal communities. We provide trusted hospital and emergency care. In 2019, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas was recognized by U.S. News & World Report for its performance in colon cancer surgery, knee replacement, and in treating heart failure.

Job Type: RN

Job ID: 1045404

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Job Description At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support, respect that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work.

You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So, if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has served the growing communities of San Diego’s coastal North County since 1978. We offer a full range of clinical and surgical services, including North County’s first Primary Stroke Center, a regionally recognized brain injury program, state-of-the-art imaging center, 24-hour emergency room care and award-winning OB-GYN, maternal health and infant health services.

We invite you to join our team of Case Managers as a Case Manager (CM) of the Emergency Department.

The Case Manager, using objective data, evidence based screening tools, and care team referrals, the CM screens all patients in their assigned caseload to identify those patients who may have discharge needs; who may be at risk for an unplanned readmission within 30 days of acute care discharge; who have a high risk of mortality; who are medically complex and may have a prolonged LOS or who have payer issues.

Completes a more comprehensive review of these targeted patients to develop a prioritized list of patients they will actively manage.

Coordinates with the health care team and the patient/family to address payer issues that impact care, and to develop a transition plan of care that includes a safe discharge plan and plan for follow up with care providers post discharge.

Ensures that the patient/family agrees with and understands this transition plan and that the plan is implemented appropriately. Works in collaboration with utilization review nurse to ensure that reviews are completed timely.

This is a Full-Time position with a rotating schedule throughout the week. The shift for this position is 10am-8:30pm. This position is located at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.

Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Scripps Health is a non-profit health care delivery network dedicated to the community it calls home: San Diego, California. We are:

Home to 5 hospitals, 30+ outpatient centers and hundreds of affiliated physician offices

Known for our compassionate, collaborative culture

The only San Diego-based company to make Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Places to Work

Consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the nation’s best

At the forefront of clinical research and education, with three highly respected graduate medical education programs and one of the top teaching hospitals in the nation

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