RN Patient Care Manager

Northwest Healthcare Home Health - Tucson
Tucson, AZ, US
Full-time

Job Description

We are hiring a RN Patient Care Manager.

At Northwest Home Healthcare, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it : for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve it truly is all about helping people.

You can find a home for your career here.

As a RN Patient Care Manager, you can expect :

  • to be valued and respected by your team
  • a sense of security, incredible team support, and flexibility for true work-life balance
  • career development opportunities
  • Receives referrals and ensures appropriate clinician and / or therapist(s) assignments for timely patient evaluation by signing off after authorization and plotting start of care (SOC) visits.
  • Coordinates determination of patient home health benefits, medical necessity, and ongoing insurance approvals.
  • Ensures patient needs are continually assessed and care rendered is individualized to patient needs, appropriate and reasonable, meets home health eligibility criteria, and is in accordance to physician orders.
  • Oversees and assures development, implementation, and updates to the individualized patient plan of care, as appropriate.
  • Manages and documents phone calls from physicians, clinicians, patients, referral sources, and communicates patient updates / new orders to clinicians.

Uses coordination notes to document, as needed and appropriate.

  • Reviews assessments and plans of care daily, per assigned workflow, and consults clinicians with recommendations, as appropriate.
  • Current RN licensure in state of practice
  • Current CPR certification required
  • Current Driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle
  • Prior Home Health experience
  • 12 days ago
Related jobs
Promoted
ArchWell Health
Tucson, Arizona

The Nurse Care Manager is responsible for helping coordinate and evaluate the management of patients with acute and chronic conditions, across the care continuum, to achieve high quality care measured by positive patient outcomes. The Nurse Care Manager plays a pivotal role in developing the care pl...

Promoted
Life Care Center of Tucson
Tucson, Arizona

Works together with the patient and family, care team, payers, and external entities to promote a safe transition from the facility to the next provider or care setting care team, payers, and external entities to promote a safe transition from the facility to the next provider or care setting in acc...

Promoted
Medasource
AZ, United States

Open Position: OB RN Care Manager. Manage patients across the healthcare continuum to achieve optimal clinical, financial, operational, and satisfaction outcomes. Lead process improvement activities to enhance patient outcomes and collaboratively develop/manage patient discharge plans. Evaluate the ...

Promoted
ArchWell Health
Tucson, Arizona

The Nurse Care Manager is responsible for helping coordinate and evaluate the management of patients with acute and chronic conditions, across the care continuum, to achieve high quality care measured by positive patient outcomes. The Nurse Care Manager plays a pivotal role in developing the care pl...

Northwest Healthcare Home Health - Tucson
Tucson, Arizona

We are hiring a RN Patient Care Manager. As a RN Patient Care Manager, you can expect:. Ensures patient needs are continually assessed and care rendered is individualized to patient needs, appropriate and reasonable, meets home health eligibility criteria, and is in accordance to physician orders. A...

Heartland Hospice
Tucson, Arizona

We believe that better care for caregivers and clinicians means better care for everyone, so we offer ongoing professional training, lower nurse-to-patient ratios, and comprehensive benefits for eligible employees. You will report directly to the Executive Director, Administrator, or Senior Patient ...

Banner Health
Tucson, Arizona

Banner Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Manager, PreOp / PACU - Post Anesthesia Care for a nursing job in Tucson, Arizona. Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is nationally recognized for providing exceptional patient care, teaching future health-care professionals and conducting grou...

Highmark Health
AZ, Working at Home, Arizona

Implement care management review processes that are consistent with established industry and corporate standards and are within the care manager’s professional discipline. Develop and sustain positive working relationships with internal and external customers. This job implements effective utilizati...

Tucson Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona

We care for newborn infants to young adult patients with diagnoses that range from respiratory illness/failure, medical patients and orthopedic surgeries including scoliosis, fractures and congenital repairs to cranial surgeries, diabetics, transfers from Nursery ICU (for home transition teaching) a...

TRC Total Renal Care Inc
CA or CO Remote
Remote

The Manager, Patient Safety will lead efforts to enhance patient safety by overseeing both software and non-software initiatives. Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more. This role involves supervising analysts foc...