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$37.50 - $56.25Bring your clinical expertise and your passion for patient advocacy to a role where you’ll shape outcomes across the entire continuum of care. As a Case Manager at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, you will be the go‑to resource for the interdisciplinary team—guiding evidence‑based decisions, coordinating services, and ensuring each patient’s journey is timely, seamless, and centered on quality. In this position, you’ll analyze systems, drive improvement, and collaborate daily to align care plans, utilization, and reimbursement with organizational goals—so patients receive the right care, at the right time, in the right setting.
Advance optimal outcomes by planning, coordinating, and evaluating case management interventions for defined patient populations using the nursing process and current research.
Facilitate appropriate length of stay and reimbursement for all admissions in alignment with organizational goals and regulatory expectations.
Serve as the key information and education resource for physicians, nurses, assistive staff, therapies, pharmacy, dietetics, psychosocial disciplines, infection control, fiscal services, performance improvement, and other contributors to patient care.
Promote quality of care through collaboration with patients, families, and all team members, emphasizing continuity, effective communication, and coordination of services.
Analyze systems and variances to identify opportunities for improvement; develop organization‑wide approaches to problem solving and throughput.
Manage patient flow and discharge planning, removing barriers to timely transitions to appropriate levels of care.
Apply a scientific, evidence‑based approach to evaluate patient care/outcomes, quality of life, and cost reduction opportunities supported by current literature.
Lead daily (Monday–Friday) case management collaboration to meet expected outcomes; maintain availability when off campus via pager, digital phone, and email.
Champion objectivity and advocacy, ensuring equitable access, clear documentation, and adherence to standards, policies, and departmental procedures.
Support the mission, vision, and values of Advocate Medical Center, contributing to enterprise goals and performance improvement initiatives.
Graduate of an accredited School of Registered Professional Nursing (RN).
BSN preferred; MSN encouraged.
Minimum of five years of clinical experience caring for the assigned patient population.
Prior case management or utilization review experience encouraged.
Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state applicable to the job location.
Case Management certification (e.g., CCM, ACM‑RN) encouraged.
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About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.