Job: Case Manager - PRN

Colorado Acute Long Term Hospital is a 63-bed hospital providing high acuity care for patients requiring intensive medical, nursing, respiratory and therapy services. We focus on meeting the needs of all our partners in care, including the physician, the patient and the patient's family.

The Case Manager coordinates and manages services provided to each patient to establish a focused, individualized program geared towards specific goals unique to that patient. Acts as a liaison for patient, family and staff, overseeing day to day operations of all care provided to ensure successful patient outcomes. The Case Manager is active in unit activities, transdisciplinary team activities, and LifeCare activities to ensure individualized, patient-centered health care for all patient populations admitted to LifeCare Hospital.

Patient Population: Delivers direct patient care appropriate to the patients served. The ages of the patients served are adult (18-65 years of age) and geriatric (65 and older).
Essential Functions:
1. Demonstrates proper performance of skills reflected and validated by the Case Manager competency checklist.
2. Enables the patients program to proceed in an orderly, purposeful and goal-directed manner through daily contact with the patient and family, attending patient staffings and weekly team meetings, monitoring patient progress, and re-evaluating goals.
3. Documents in patient chart and completes bi-weekly patient progress reports indicating problems, progress, treatment and goals in a clear, concise manner.
4. Strives to direct all patient care and transdisciplinary efforts towards a maximum level of self-care for each patient.
5. Encourages the participation of the family and patient on an ongoing basis in discussion of plans, goals, status, etc. by directing patient and family at family/team conferences and through daily communication.
6. Facilitates the exit/discharge process and arrangements for follow-up and appropriate supportive services.
7. Performs psychosocial evaluations, counseling, and gathers information related to the patients current and ongoing overall status from patient, family and medical documentation.

Experience: Four years experience in social services, counseling, case management, vocational rehabilitation services, or nursing.

Education: Graduation from an accredited technical school of nursing or masters degree in social work. If degree in nursing, BSN preferred
Licensure/Certification: 1. Currently licensed as a Social Worker or Registered Nurse in state where currently practicing 2. Certified Case Manager preferred.