Carondelet St. Mary�s Hospital (located at 1601 W. St. Mary�s Road, Tucson, AZ 85745) is recognized as a destination hospital for the most modern and minimally-invasive heart and vascular surgery, advanced stroke care, unique and personalized cancer treatment, and emergency care. Established in 1880, St. Mary�s Hospital is Southern Arizona�s longest continually operating hospital. It is home to the Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute and The Carondelet Breast Center and is recognized as a destination hospital for the most modern and minimally invasive heart and vascular surgery, advanced stroke and emergency care. St. Mary�s offers every patient individualized care, personal attention by compassionate caregivers and some of the finest physicians and surgeons available.

When you join Carondelet�s Community Built on Care, our family of nurses, doctors, staff and healthcare specialists are dedicated to providing expert, compassionate care for all the families of Southern Arizona and the surrounding communities. We�ve been caring for you and your loved ones for more than 135 years � right here, in this great community of ours. So this is our home too. Caring, nurturing and helping heal friends, loved ones and neighbors of Southern Arizona is our passion, and we�re honored to have the opportunity to serve you. From emergency services and heart care to orthopedics, advanced stroke treatment and more, we�re focused on providing you with expert care combined with a healthy dose of attentiveness and kindness. Carondelet Health Network. A community built on care.


POSITION SUMMARY:

Position is filled by a professional nurse who, as a result of education and in-depth clinical experience possesses the advanced clinical knowledge and skills necessary to provide case management to targeted populations. Responsible for coordinating and facilitating the patient�s hospitalization from pre-admission through post-discharge. Collaborates with physicians, nurses, social workers and other health team members to expedite medically appropriate cost effective care. Applies clinical expertise and medical appropriateness criteria to resource utilization and discharge planning achieve desired health maintenance and disease prevention outcomes. Will advise the health care team and provide leadership as necessary. Communicates at the inter-departmental level as well as across all health care areas with the goal of improving clinical management of patients thereby impacting medical and psychosocial care across the health care continuum. Core processes include risk assessment and management of clinical populations, discharge planning, and utilization management.

EDICUATION
Required: Associates degree in nursing or related field or equivalent combination of work experience and education
Preferred: Bachelors degree in Nursing

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION
Required: RN License in the state of Arizona
Preferred: Certification in specialty area, and/or Case Management

WORK EXPERIENCE
Required: Recent Acute care experience
Preferred: Combined bedside and care management experience

Skills
Required: Ability to asses care needs across populations and plan for care-including transitional care and discharge; leadership; demonstrated ability to communicate with physicians, nurses, other clinicians, and public; teaching; organizational skills; team building and collaboration; psychosocial assessment; interview; documentation; identification of potential risk situations or potential liability;

Coordination of development, implementation and evaluation of clinical paths; comprehensive assessment for designated level of care; identification and documentation of Quality Management adverse events and outcomes.

Knowledge
Required: Quality improvement process, related health care practices and standards; knowledge and competency in providing care for patients in designated age groups competencies; current practices, issues, regulations involved in transitions and discharge planning; psychosocial aspects of disease and health care; professional and regulatory standards
Current practices, issues, regulations involved in utilization management; risk assessment and management of clinical populations.

Technology
Required: Basic computer skills, personal technology tools, and awareness of current use of technology in related field.
Preferred: Advanced computer skills, technology of the specialty

Other
Required: Must be able to transport self within the service area as required. When using own vehicle must have valid Arizona drivers� license and proof of insurance that meets the minimum standards of the state of Arizona. Must be able to take call duty, weekend, holiday and evening/night shift as required.

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