Clinical Integration Nurse Case Manager - Remote-Territory Cape Cod area

Company: Fallon Community Health Plan
Location: Barnstable
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

Clinical Integration Nurse Case Manager - Remote-Territory Cape Cod areaUS-MA-BarnstableJob ID: 6301Type: Full Time# of Openings: 1Category: NursingRecruiting Location - Barnstable (Cape 1), MAOverviewPassionate about the Elderly? Looking for No Weekends/ No Holidays & Work/Life Balance? Interested in Case Management and stepping away from bedside care? About Fallon HealthFounded in 1977, Fallon Health is a leading health care services organization that supports the diverse and changing needs of those we serve. In addition to offering innovative health insurance solutions and a variety of Medicaid and Medicare products, we excel in creating unique health care programs and services that provide coordinated, integrated care for seniors and individuals with complex health needs. Fallon has consistently ranked among the nation's top health plans, and is accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for its HMO, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid products. For more information, visit fallonhealth.org.About NaviCare:Fallon Health is a leader in providing senior care solutions such as NaviCare, a Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan and Senior Care Options program. Navicare integrates care for adults age 65 and older who are dually eligible for both Medicare and MassHealth Standard. A personalized primary care team manages and coordinates the NaviCare member's health care by working with each member, the member's family and health care providers to ensure the best possible outcomes. Brief Summary of Purpose: The Nurse Case Manager (NCM) is an integral part on an interdisciplinary team focused on care coordination, care management and improving access to and quality of care for Fallon members. NCM seeks to establish telephonic and/or face to face relationships with the member/caregiver(s) to better ensure ongoing service provision and care coordination, consistent with the member specific care plan developed by the NCM and Care Team. Responsibilities may include conducting in home face to face visits for member identified as needing face to face visit interaction and assessments with the goal to coordinate and facilitate services to meet member needs according to benefit structures and available community resources. The NCM may conduct assessments and may determine the number of hours' members require for MassHealth programs such as the personal care attendant program, adult foster care, group adult foster care, and other programs per product benefits and guidelines. The NCM may utilize an ACD line to support department and incoming/outgoing calls with the goal of first call resolution with each interaction. ResponsibilitiesMember Assessment, Education, and AdvocacyTelephonically assesses and case manages a member panel May conduct in home face to face visits for onboarding new enrollees and reassessing members, utilizing a variety of interviewing techniques, including motivational interviewing, and employs culturally sensitive strategies to assess a Member's clinical/functional status to identify ongoing special conditions and develops and implements an individualized, coordinated care plan, in collaboration with the member, the Clinical Integration team, and Primary Care Providers, Specialist and other community partners, to ensure a cost effective quality outcomeCare Coordination and CollaborationProvides culturally appropriate care coordination, i.e. works with interpreters, provides communication approved documents in the appropriate language, and demonstrates culturally appropriate behavior when working with member, family, caregivers, and/or authorized representativesWith member/authorized representative(s) collaboration develops member centered care plans by identifying member care needs while completing program assessments and working with the Navigator to ensure the member approves their care planQualificationsEducationGraduate from an accredited school of nursing mandatory and a Bachelors (or advanced) degree in nursing or a health care related field preferred. License/CertificationsLicense: Active, unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in Massachusetts & current Driver's license and a vehicle to be used for home visitsCertification: Certification in Case Management strongly desiredOther: Satisfactory Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) results Experience 1+ years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse managing chronically ill members or experience in a coordinated care program required Fallon Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. JT18 PI133330996

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