Job Description

RN (Registered Nurse) or LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) Manager Case Management

Memorial Health University Medical Center

Full-Time – Days – No Weekends

Memorial Health University Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1955, giving patients access to highly trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 600+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities that serves 35 counties across southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina. Located in Savannah, Georgia, we are a regional referral center for heart care, cancer care, trauma care, children's care, high-risk pregnancies and high-risk newborn care. Our hospital includes the region's only Level I trauma center and children's hospital, as well as the Savannah campus of Mercer University School of Medicine.

At Memorial Health, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

Job Summary and Qualifications:

The Manager Case Management reports to the Case Management Director and is responsible for promoting patient-centered care by coordinating all aspects of hospital-based case management for his/her assigned area of responsibility in alignment with the goals of the Case Management Department. The Manager for Case Management is accountable for the overall day-to-day oversight and management of the case management program including coordination, supervision, and administrative oversight of the case management team. This position also functions as an expert clinical practitioner, case management subject-matter expert, resource, advisor and leader for the members of the case management team. The Manager for Case Management supervises and monitors professional and support staff and ensures that effective care coordination and case management practices are consistent with hospital policies, and applicable regulations and guidelines. The Manager for Case Management monitors quality of the interactions, documentation and assessments of the case management staff. The Manager for Case Management coordinates activities that promote quality outcomes and patient throughput while supporting a balance of optimal care and appropriate resource utilization.

Qualifications you will need:

· Bachelor's Degree in Nursing OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master's Degree in social work required

· 3+ years of experience in clinical nursing in an acute care setting OR hospital social work required

· 2+ years of supervisory/leadership experience required in an acute care setting

· InterQual experience preferred

· Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state(s) of practice according to law and regulation OR currently licensed as a LCSW or a LMSW in the state(s)of practice according to law and regulation required

· Certification in Case Management and/or Certification in InterQual or IQCI preferred

· Case Management required for the entire hospital (612 bed academic medical center with a freestanding children’s hospital)

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