ProKatchers is seeking a travel nurse RN Home Health Care Manager for a travel nursing job in Clearlake, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Care Manager
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary:
- Provides excellent patient care by assisting in collaboration, development, implementation, revision and reporting of the case management program.
- Acts as a liaison between the patient, family, nurse, physicians, multidisciplinary team and patient's healthcare benefactor to optimize outcomes.
- Serves as a consultant to the healthcare team on specific patient items.
Essential Functions:
- Leads the coordination of patient care with other disciplines within the care team, monitoring the appropriateness and timeliness of care.
- Ensures the interdisciplinary care plan is consistent with the patient?s clinical course, continuing care needs and covered services by monitoring diagnostic testing, treatments and procedures, and other aspects of patient care as appropriate for acute care.
- Discusses with physicians, the appropriateness of resource utilization, consultations, treatment plan, estimated length of stay and discharge plan.
- Focuses on complex patients, frequent emergency department utilizers, chronic pain and substance abuse patients, and homeless patients.
- Collaborates with acute care case managers to ensure appropriateness on ongoing care.
- Coordinates the transfer of patients to tertiary centers, including the transfer of patient information required for continuity of ongoing treatment and services.
- Provides oversight and collects data required for regulatory/accreditation compliance.
- Manages frequent emergency department visitors by conducting a focus study review of the previous and current admissions.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Licenses/Certifications:
Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
Case management certification: Preferred
Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQI BLS) certification: Required
ProKatchers Job ID . Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - Care Manager (Home Health)
About ProKatchers
Founded in 2016, ProKatchers Inc. is a JCC-certified organization and a recognized leader in healthcare staffing. Named one of the Fastest Growing Healthcare Staffing Firms by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) for , we are proud to be among the top-rated companies in our industry.
At ProKatchers, we offer both short- and long-term contracts, as well as travel opportunities for licensed and experienced healthcare professionals across the United States. We are committed to providing industry-leading benefits and personalized career support.
We understand that finding the right fit is about more than just a job-it's about aligning your career with your lifestyle. That's why our dedicated team of career specialists takes the time to get to know you and match you with assignments that meet your goals and aspirations.
ProKatchers has also been recognized by SIA as one of the Best Staffing Firms to Work For-a testament to our employee-first approach. We specialize in placing clinical and allied health professionals in a wide range of healthcare settings, including acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care centres, rehabilitation facilities, behavioural health canters, home and community health programs, urgent care clinics, and more.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- License and certification reimbursement
- Dental benefits
- Weekly pay
- Referral bonus