An excellent opportunity is now available for an Interim Nurse Director of Case Management at a large Southern California Medical Center.
The Interim Nurse Director of Care Coordination will be responsible for collaborating with healthcare providers and physicians for problem solving, prioritizing and facilitating patient care objectives, the coordination and development of staff education, and discharge patient education and follow-up for the area assigned.
The Interim Nurse Director of Case Management will oversee a 400 bed non profit medical Center. Multiple Managers, Supervisors and Charge Nurses will support the Director in this busy case management department. The Director of Case Management will be a key member of the executive team, and will report directly to the Chief Nursing Officer.
The Interim Utilization Review Nurse Executive will be responsible and accountable for unit systems functions, staff performance, and patient care outcomes. This 400 bed Medical Center performs over 7,000 annual inpatient surgeries, 29,000 annual births, and sees over 65,000 patients in the Emergency Department. The Medical Center is renown for their excellent Emergency Unit, Obstetrics Units including NICU and OB clinics, highly regarded medical/surgical services and Home Care.
Devoted to patient care, and with an ever-expanding patient population, the medical center started small and has grown into one of the largest and busiest Emergency Departments in the State.
The experienced patient care teams, discharge planners and clinical social workers work collaboratively with one another to ensure quality and appropriate patient care is delivered to the thousands of patients cared for annually. The Interim Director Hospital Case Management will be a local resource for all inquiries and support needed related to: InterQual criteria methodology, resource management, medical necessity guidelines payer sources, clinical outcome metrics, length of stay initiatives, readmission strategies, reimbursement rules and medical record documentation requirements.
The hospital is seeking an Interim Director Case Management to join ASAP!