Case Manager Lead (Renal Program)

Job description

Position Summary: The Lead, Inpatient Transfer Team Case Manager is responsible for the assessment, treatment planning, intervention, monitoring, evaluation and documentation on identified patients during an acute care episode. Assesses and develops a care plan in collaboration with the admitting, attending and consultant physicians, and other healthcare practitioners. The goal of the Inpatient Transfer Case Manager is to effectively identify which Medi-Cal members need to be transferred from a non-capitated hospital and work in collaboration with the hospitalist(s), Medical Director(s), hospital staff to facilitate timely transfer into the campus capitated hospital. The Inpatient Transfer Case Manager is to manage the patients during their hospitalization to assure the right level of care is provided for the patient’s current severity of illness, utilizing the appropriate tests and diagnostics, in the appropriate facilities in order to provide the highest level of care, in the most efficient manner, while utilizing only the resources necessary for that episode of care. The Inpatient Transfer Case Manager is also responsible for the safe discharge of patients with the necessary res...