• Responsible for coordinating the care and service of patients across the continuum promoting quality care, effective utilization of resources and assuming a leadership role with the interdisciplinary team to achieve desired clinical and resource outcomes.
• This is accomplished by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of services and working collaboratively with all members of the health care team.
• Plans and coordinates a comprehensive plan of care using a concurrent integrated review, standard operating procedures, case management tools, and collaborative efforts with all members of the patient’s family and/or significant other to enhance quality care and reduce costs.
• Coordinates patient care to ensure appropriate and effective clinical outcomes.
• Communicates with third party payers, peer review entities and physicians’ offices to gather and provide clinical and fiscal information for financial optimization.
• Contributes to a positive work environment and performs other duties as assigned or directed in order to enhance the overall team efforts of the department/organization.

• Associates or Bachelors’ Active Registered Nurse License in state of Texas

• Three (3) years of hospital experience required
• Previous case management experience preferred
• Basic personal computer skills and comfort with Microsoft Windows operating system; database and word processing skills required
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Active listening skills
• Good problem solving skills
• Organizational skills.
• Leadership skills.
• Ability to manage stress appropriately and to make decisions under pressure.
• Patient record documentation skills
• Strong time management skills
• Ability to think strategically and act tactically
• Ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time
• Ability to embrace the client relationship to guide decisions and actions
• Demonstrates good team work

• Active RN Licence within the state of Texas

• Comply with regulatory requirements, guidelines, and policies

• Patient Centered Customer Service: Genuinely care about people.
• Cultivate a compassionate environment: Changing lives for the better together.

• Clinical and Operational Excellence: A relentless drive to be the best.
• Holistic Approach: Think and act for the benefit of the whole.

• Promote a collaborative environment: Build effective working relationships with others.
• Identify and Develop Talent: Prepare others to deliver excellence.

• Business Acumen: Know, own and drive our business.
• Continually Simplify and Improve: Work to make everything as efficient as possible.

• Foster Innovation: Seek and apply leading edge solutions.
• Set Clear Direction: Tell others where you are going, how to get there and why.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to sit for long periods of time while completing work on a computer
• Ability to move throughout the workplace

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

• May work in areas that are confined and/or crowded, as well as possible exposure to communicable diseases and to blood and bodily fluids.

Now that you have read about what you will be doing and the experience we seek, it is time to apply and make a difference in the lives of our patients.

UT Health East Texas is an equal opportunity employer (including veterans and persons with disabilities).