Job Description
Location: Good Samaritan Medical Center
Posted Date: 2/4/2021
At Steward Health Care System, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized health care with dignity, compassion and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.
We dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a specialist in the making every patient and family feel right at home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring practice, a team of prized colleagues.
In support of this, we commit ourselves to the following values:
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Excellence
Stewardship
If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.
This position will be eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefit plan which includes a pension plan as defined below. Pension--Steward shall make bi-weekly contributions to the Nurses and Local 813 IBT Retirement Fund (the "Plan,") equal to 5% of "W-2 Compensation" earned in a "LMA Position" by each "Eligible Employee" during the applicable bi-weekly period. Please contact Human Resources for additional information pertaining to the plan and eligibility.
Position Summary:
The RN Case Manager (CM) is an exempt position and is responsible for overseeing the appropriate level of care and collaborates with the Social Work partner regarding discharge planning with a particular focus on medically complex discharge planning. The RN CM will be assigned to selected areas of the Hospital based upon department staffing and coverage. The RN CM will collaborate with SW Care Coordinator as a team to meet the needs of the patients within unit assigned. As this is an evolving position, duties and responsibilities may vary based on specific assignments. Each staff member will participate in a departmental orientation focused on Case Management Standards of Practice. All staff will be cross-trained and oriented to the ED Case Management Practice.
Education:
Graduate of a Nursing Program, BSN preferred
Experience:
Recent experience in acute care setting involved with clinical activities and/or a managed care environment working in case management, recent experience in a case management role or related role
Certification/Licensure:
MA RN licensure, Case Management certification preferred
Software/Hardware:
lnterQual experience preferred, proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Boston, MA
What Should I Know About Carney Hospital?
Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Massachusetts, has proudly served the City of Boston and neighboring communities since 1863.
Since 1863, Carney Hospital has served the City of Boston and neighboring communities. Carney Hospital has received the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for health care quality and safety and numerous other quality and safety awards, including being designated a Top Hospital for 2014, 2015 and 2017 by the Leapfrog Group. The 159-bed hospital has more than 400 physicians and delivers high-quality to our community where they live. Carney Hospital provides Dorchester and surrounding communities with convenient, local access to quality primary care, emergency medicine and a range of specialties and subspecialties including; critical care, family medicine, cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, ambulatory care and adolescent, adult and geriatric psychiatry.
Carney Hospital operates a stand-alone Emergency Room located in the city of Quincy with on-site diagnostic radiology, including CT scans and ultrasound, pharmacy, and laboratory services. Carney Hospital is part of the Steward Health Care Network.
Carney Hospital is a Steward Family Hospital. Steward Health Care is the largest private, tax-paying physician-led health care network in the United States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Steward operates 37 hospitals in the United States and the country of Malta that regularly receive top awards for quality and safety. The company employs approximately 42,000 health care professionals. The Steward network includes multiple urgent care centers and skilled nursing facilities, substantial behavioral health services, over 7,900 beds under management, and approximately 2.2 million full risk covered lives through the company's managed care and health insurance services.