Nurse Care Manager 1

Minimum Starting Salary: $69,661-$70,686

Job Summary: The Nurse Care Manager is a key member of an integrated health care team and instrumental to its success. The primary focus for this positionisproviding care management to targeted patients at the Stephen Klein Wellness Center.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provides nursing assessments and triage to walk-in patients as well as handles in-coming sick calls from patients per the Stephen Klein Wellness Center triage protocol.
  • Demonstrates excellence in clinical care
  • Assists with clinic procedures
  • Educates and counsels patients and their families about issues including, but not limited to, medications, disease and disease management, stress reduction and healthier life-style choices
  • Serves as the primary care coordinator between the patient,the patient's medical providers, behavioral health provider, pharmacist, dentist, hospital-based service providers, financial assistance specialist, residential and/or behavioral case manager, peer specialist, visiting nursing agency, community health worker and/or other specialists
  • Demonstrates excellence in care management by coordinating care with intensive emphasis during care transitions

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
  • Active RN license in Pennsylvania
  • BLS certification

What Qualifications or Experience You May Bring:

  • Knowledge and prior practice of trauma informed care
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook
  • Prior experience as a Nurse Care Manager in a primary care setting.
  • Prior experience delivering services to patients who have experienced homelessness, mental illness, and/or substance dependence, often complicated by histories of trauma.
  • Strong computer, organizational and administrative skills.
  • EHR experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Ability to stand, bend and WALK OR remain sedentary for periods of time in various locations
  • Ability to lift up to 10 pounds

Project HOME provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Project HOME prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.