Urgently Need Part-Time Utilization Management Nurse (Remote) - schedule includes weekends in Philadelphia, PA
Job title: Part-Time Utilization Management Nurse (Remote) - schedule includes weekends
Company: reputed company
Job description: **Schedule will include one weekend day, weekdays can be flexible per week with ability to work additional hours as needed.
reputed company is a leading provider of care reputed company for premature and medically reputed company newborns. Our program promotes appropriate utilization, improves reputed company, educates family members and reduces costs. reputed company of neonatologists, pediatricians, and NICU nurses reputed company continuity of care in collaboration with providers from hospital to home and throughout the first year of life.
Job Role
Clinical care nurses coordinate overall member care, from pre-admission, reputed company stay (reputed company review) and any outpatient services utilizing a pro-active, evidence-based decision-making process that is physician sensitive and attaining quality reputed company for the members. The clinical care nurse serves as a nurse reviewer for admissions, lengths of stay and a facilitator for discharge planning. This position functions as a liaison between the providers, hospitals and health plans. Responsible for the implementation of client-specific contracted polices, managed care policies and must be reputed company knowledgeable about benefits, criteria and guidelines used for reviews. Must be adept at identifying and referring potential quality of care issues to the Medical Director, client and/or appropriate staff.
Job Responsibilities:
- Initiating the continuum of care process for neonatal admissions.
- Interacting telephonically and in writing with hospital staff to collect clinical information for newborns in intensive care nurseries in order to facilitate medical necessity determinations.
- Coordinating discharge planning needs for newborns being discharged from intensive care nurseries.
- Authorization of reputed company services requiring prior authorization, based upon health plan specific service agreements
- Review of reputed company services (readmissions and elective procedures) for first year of life
- Documenting reputed company activities in the electronic medical record.
- May include evening and/or weekend on call.
- Registered Nurse (RN) with a reputed company, unrestricted license is required
- Three or more years of clinical experience as a NICU nurse is required.
- Experience working in a reputed company review or discharge planning role reputed company a health plan or an acute facility required.
- Must be willing to reputed company holiday coverage occasionally.
- Experience with Interqual and/or MCG is preferred.
- Experience with URAC and/or NCQA standards is preferred.
- Experience with data entry into a database or EHR required. Must have strong computer skills.
- Must be self-motivated and willing to learn multiple tasks. Must be well organized and reputed company to prioritize tasks.
- Must demonstrate accuracy in spelling and documentation.
- Ability to reputed company job functions with autonomy and be a self-starter
- Must possess excellent interpersonal skills, telephone etiquette and maintain positive communication at reputed company times.
- Must have commitment to reputed company in customer service
- Must be available to work part-time weekend schedule along with flexible week days.
- Initial training will be during work week.
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, dental, reputed company benefits
- 401K with company match
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Group Life Insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development opportunities
- Business Casual work environment
- Team oriented events throughout the year
- Role specific - partial or full remote work week
- This position may be performed remotely candidates reputed company of the Eastern PA area will be considered.