Nurse Care Manager
Apply NowCompany: LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA
Location: Torrance, CA 90503
Description:
Job Details
Job Location
Torrance Campus - Torrance, CA
Salary Range
$112500.00 - $112500.00 Salary
Description
Qualifications:
Basic Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct comprehensive nursing assessment, including social, medical, mental health, substance use, and medication history.
Provide ongoing care management and chronic disease management, education, and support for patients.
Work with the PCP to manage substance use disorder (SUD) medications and facilitate the contingency management program for intervention patient participants with stimulant use disorder (StUD)
Complete timely and appropriate documentation and record keeping in the electronic health record
Population management, including proactive outreach, use of a clinical registry, and regularly reviewing cases with the addiction specialist (a consultant who supports the NCM and PCP in formulating treatment plans and adapting them to optimize treatment response and meet the needs of individual patients)
Provide intervention patient participants with health education and counseling on risk reduction, overdose prevention, and self-management skills
Maintain a professional environment in a multi-provider, multidisciplinary organization.
Provision of care and advocacy for patients of all ages and their families based on prudent nursing judgment and acceptable standards of practice.
Perform tasks and procedures within the scope of a registered nurse (R.N.) and legal guidelines of the Nurse Practice Act.
Involve patients in the development of the treatment plan, and working with the patients' needs
Ability to practice trauma-informed care and apply de-escalation techniques
Maintain patient confidentiality in alignment with HIPAA
Return phone calls, emails and other forms of communication in regards to trial and routing questions to appropriate prescriber as needed.
Job Location
Torrance Campus - Torrance, CA
Salary Range
$112500.00 - $112500.00 Salary
Description
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree; Registered Nurse. Nursing Board of California.
- Full scope RN license
Experience in working with patients with substance use disorders
Primary care experience preferred
Ability to work as a member of a team
Ability to work well under pressure and meet multiple and sometimes conflicting deadlines
Ability to interact in an appropriate and professional manner
Demonstrated cooperative behavior and positive-problem solving and conflict resolution skills
Available to work during normal primary care clinical hours-Monday-Friday 0800-1700h
Basic Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct comprehensive nursing assessment, including social, medical, mental health, substance use, and medication history.
Provide ongoing care management and chronic disease management, education, and support for patients.
Work with the PCP to manage substance use disorder (SUD) medications and facilitate the contingency management program for intervention patient participants with stimulant use disorder (StUD)
Complete timely and appropriate documentation and record keeping in the electronic health record
Population management, including proactive outreach, use of a clinical registry, and regularly reviewing cases with the addiction specialist (a consultant who supports the NCM and PCP in formulating treatment plans and adapting them to optimize treatment response and meet the needs of individual patients)
Provide intervention patient participants with health education and counseling on risk reduction, overdose prevention, and self-management skills
Maintain a professional environment in a multi-provider, multidisciplinary organization.
Provision of care and advocacy for patients of all ages and their families based on prudent nursing judgment and acceptable standards of practice.
Perform tasks and procedures within the scope of a registered nurse (R.N.) and legal guidelines of the Nurse Practice Act.
Involve patients in the development of the treatment plan, and working with the patients' needs
Ability to practice trauma-informed care and apply de-escalation techniques
Maintain patient confidentiality in alignment with HIPAA
Return phone calls, emails and other forms of communication in regards to trial and routing questions to appropriate prescriber as needed.