RN Care Manager

**Overview** Sign on bonus available for qualified candidates. Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award-winning health systems in Washington state CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington, our team includes 18,000 staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region. While you're busy impacting the healthcare industry, we'll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more! **Responsibilities** The Cardiology RN Care Manager is responsible for providing care management for patients with chronic illness and/or multiple comorbidities. This position will support the **advanced** **heart failure program.** Care Management consists of a set of activities intended to improve patient care and reduce the need for medical service by helping patients and caregivers more effectively manage their health conditions and related psychosocial problems, resulting in improving patient's functional health status, enhancing the coordination of care, while eliminating duplication of services in a cost-effective manner. All patients have unique needs and experience these needs across wide ranges or continuums from health to illness. The more compromised patients are, the more severe or complex their needs. The dimensions of a nurse's practice are driven by the needs of a patient and family. This requires the Care Management nurse to be proficient in multiple dimensions of nursing practice. When nurse competencies stem from patient needs and the characteristics of the nurse and patient synergize, optimal patient outcomes can result. A goal of nursing is to support a patient in achieving an optimal level of wellness as defined by the patient, including a peaceful death. Through utilization of the nursing process through skilled assessment, education, collaboration and coordination of healthcare and community resources, the RN Care Manager assists patients to gain self-efficacy/management skills, achieve optimum functional health status, and quality of life. The RN Care Manager assists patients/families, staff and systems to achieve high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective, and patient-focused outcomes. **Qualifications** + Current Washington State licensure as an RN + CPR certification is required every two years + Bachelors of Science of Nursing + Strong patient assessment skills, ability to work collaboratively in team setting, current working knowledge of electronic medical records. Preferred BSN Preferred Experience managing complex patients or patients with chronic disease in an ambulatory setting. Certification in Specialty area is desired. Just as Virginia Mason is dedicated to improving the lives of our patients and our community, we are equally dedicated to your professional and personal success. With a wide range of perks that includes comprehensive compensation and benefits, continuing education and support, and the opportunity to live in one of the most livable cities in the country, you will find that an opportunity with Team Medicine is one worth taking. Virginia Mason Medical Center, was recognized among the Best Hospitals in Washington state by U.S. News & World Report. Located in Seattle, WA, Virginia Mason is an internationally recognized leader in the continuous improvement of health care. With an extensive list of awards and distinctions that includes our recognition as Top Hospital of the Decade by The Leapfrog Group, Virginia Mason offers you the opportunity to partner with exceptionally talented peers at every level. You will contribute to the strength of our Team Medicine approach to collaborative medicine and benefit from the changes enacted through our Virginia Mason Production System, a model that has transformed health care by providing patients with easier access to care, reducing errors, and continuously innovating patient safety and quality that has been adopted by other organizations here and abroad. Join us, and find out how many ways Virginia Mason offers you the chance to focus on what really matters - our patients. We deliver inspired people to do meaningful work. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. **Pay Range** $49.65 - $72.60 /hour We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.