📝 Description: We are currently looking for a Full Time Inpatient Case Manager to join our Division of Hospital and Nursing Services team located at the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center.
**Summary:**
Responsible for the daily management of care coordination by assessing, planning, and organizing health care services within a framework of established guidelines, health status of patients, and available resources.
**Responsibilities:**
* Maintains confidentiality, security, and integrity of data and information in accordance with HIPAA regulations
* Calculates and safely administers all prescribed medications according to nursing standards and facility policy and protocols
* Advocates and participates in patient and patient family education i.e., diagnosis, medications and discharge instructions
* Protects the patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy
* Performs assessments on patients experiencing urgent, emergent, or non\\-emergent conditions
* Assesses physical needs of all ages of patients
* Assesses bio\\-psychosocial needs of all ages of patients
* Assesses health education needs of all ages of patients
* Provides and advocates age and culturally appropriate, holistic patient care based upon facility mission statements and as outlined in policies and procedures
* Implements interventions appropriate to the age\\-specific needs of the patient
* Collects patient data in initial screening and documents as necessary
* Facilitates communication between the patient and the medical staff
* Facilitates consults, referrals, and form completion as requested and approved by the medical staff
* Coordinates services a patient receives to include, but is not limited to, shared care planning, medication reconciliation, patient support and health education, and screening and tracking outcomes
* Identifies and screens cases, determines the availability of community resources, evaluates the status of the patient’s mental and physical capabilities and provides coordination
* Provides first class customer service \\- courteous and helpful to all internal and external customer types
* Answers questions in a courteous and professional manner
* Greets and engages with a smile
* Determines needs, seeks positive experience and outcomes
* Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
* Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
* Maintains general upkeep of work area and maintains a safe environment
* Maintains and promotes professionalism
* Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
* Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
* Maintains knowledge of and follows all laws, rules, regulations, policies and SOPs for assigned area, e.g. MICS, TICS, hospital standards, health codes, food sanitation, accounting principles, etc.
**Competencies:**
Essential:
* Able to follow instructions, both written and oral
* Able to adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
* Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
* Able to read, understand, apply, and retain knowledge of Chickasaw Nation, departmental, divisional and all other rules, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines
* Learn and apply Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Privacy Act, Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), Freedom of Information Act, Compliance Standards, Joint Commission Accreditation, and other various regulations
* Able to verbally communicate in a professional and positive manner with other team members, departments, guests and management
* Communicates clinical information to patient in emergent or urgent settings
* Maintains clear and complete employee health records
**Skills:**
Essential:
* Basic Computer skills
* Medication administration
* Must be familiar with the Microsoft Office Suite of products
**Experience:**
Essential:
* 2 years directly related experience
**Education:**
Essential:
* Graduate from an accredited school of nursing required
Nonessential:
* Bachelor's of Nursing
**Credentials:**
Essential:
* Pass general background check
* Basic Life Support (BLS)
* Registered Nurse
* Must pass internal Medication Test
**Working Conditions:**
Essential:
* Works in a hospital or clinic environment
* Potential exposure to biohazards
* Potential exposure to contagious diseases
* Communications phone, computer
* Communications written, verbal
* May be required to assist individuals with unmanaged emotions
* Interacts with clinical, support, technical, professional or management staff in a variety of settings and situations
* Pass pre\\-employment drug test
* Frequently bend, kneel, stoop, push, reach
* Use computer up to 25% of shift
* Standing up to 100% of shift
* Walking up to 100% of shift
* Sometimes lift and or carry up to 50 lbs
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