Case Manager - External

About the Company Feel Good About Helping Others Feel Better A job with Kindred Healthcare offers some things you'd expect, and some you might not. There's the salary, of course, and security, and benefits. And the pride you take in working for a company that's a nationally recognized leader in healthcare. But there's also the feedback you get - the hugs, the handshakes, the smiles, and even the tears of gratitude - from the people you care for with your heart as well as with your hands. So consider a career with Kindred - it's rewarding on many levels. About the Opportunity Perform clinical assessments of patients to determine their health care needs and appropriateness for admission. Responsible for the development, implementation, monitoring and updating of the hospital's admission process. Responsibilities:
Coordinate the admission functions in keeping with the hospital's objectives for quality patient care and patient census goals.

Using the Apache assessment form, perform on-site clinical assessments of patients referred to the hospital.

Develop necessary admission and patient-day forecasts for the hospital


Maintain a state-of-the-art knowledge of areas of responsibility: develop and follow a program of continuing education.

Develop analysis of patient admission criteria, using established reporting mechanisms; provide data and statistics as required.

Work with department managers to establish services and programs in keeping with the hospital's objectives; provide ongoing evaluation of program effectiveness.


Qualifications


Good medical assessment skills, oral and written communication. Offsite travel required to local community affiliated hospitals/referrals sources.


A Registered Nurse with 5 or more years of hospital clinical experience, preferably with an ICU background would be an excellent candidate for this position.

Benefits Kindred Healthcare offers an attractive benefits package for full-time employment, including medical/dental insurance, life insurance, short-term disability, PTO, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and much more. Premium salaries commensurate with experience.

*Kindred proudly supports Affirmative Action. Drug-free work environment.