Clinical Case Manager / RN

Clinical Case Manager RN, Case Management, Full Time, Days

We are looking for a Clinical Case Manager to join our Case Management team in Albuquerque, NM.

Lovelace Medical Center, in the heart of Albuquerque, is an acute care hospital providing comprehensive care, including around-the-clock emergency care, surgical services, non-invasive robotic spine surgery, cardiology, stroke care, radiology and oncology services, including the state's only Gamma Knife Center for non-invasive radiologic brain surgery.

Clinical Case Manager Responsibilities:

• The Clinical Case Manager assesses the social, psychosocial, cultural, environmental and financial situations concerning the patient and family.
• He/she is a patient/family advocate, promoting rights and dignity and striving to involve the patient/family in aspects of care as appropriate.
• The Clinical Case Manager also facilitates the acute, rehabilitative, and long-term discharge processes to provide for an optimal age-specific continuum of care for the populations listed below

Clinical Case Manager Education and Experience Job Requirements:

• Minimum: BS or BA in Social Work or Associates Degree in Nursing or Diploma of Nursing.
• Desired: Master's Degree in Social Work or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Preferred two years of medical social worker or RN Case Manager experience
• Critical thinking skills; Position requires fluency in English language to function in job environment appropriately;
• Good interpersonal and customer service skills;
• Good organizational and follow-through skills;
• Ability to multi-task constantly and tolerate interruptions
• Social Worker: Medical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred. Must have current license as Social Worker from New Mexico Board of Social Work Examiners, and basic life support certification.
• Registered Nurse: Valid NM Nursing license or NM compact license (within 90 days of hire) and BLS; HIRING DEPARTMENT MAY ALSO REQUIRE ACLS and or PALS.
• CCM or ACM preferred

Why Lovelace?

• New Mexico Hospital Association/ American Hospital Association Quest for Excellence award, general Acute Hospital, 2021
• U.S. News & World Report, Chest Pain MI Registry Performance achievement Award, 2021
• "A" grade from Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, 2019, Fall 2020
• Healthgrades 2020 Specialty Excellence Awards: Pulmonology Care excellence, 2020; American's 100
• Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work, 2016-2019
• U.S. New & World Report "Best Hospitals," in Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Attack, 2021-2022
• Best Hospitals for cardiac care, 2019; America's 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention, 2019
• American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association "Get with the Guidelines" Stroke gold Plus quality Achievement Award, 2012-2022 (Target Honor Roll - Elite Plus, 2019-2022)

Lovelace is a drug-free employer with smoke free campuses.