Case Manager Jobs in Massachusetts

Job Title: Case Manager Perdiem Company: HealthSouth Corporation Location: Worcester, MA Description: About Healthsouth Healthsouth is one of the nation's largest providers of rehabilitative healthcare services. Healthsouth places a priority on clinical excellence, responsiveness to individual patient needs, highly specialized treatment programs and innovative thinking that leads to increasingly positive outcomes and opportunities - for patients and staff. To achieve these standards, Healthsouth actively seeks the best professionals in the business. Our employees are critical to our success. About Our Facility Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital, a 110-bed rehabilitation hospital located in central Massachusetts, is a partnership of two outstanding healthcare organizations - UMASS Memorial Health Care, the area's predominant teaching hospital, and HEALTHSOUTH Corporation, the nation's largest provider of physical rehabilitation services. Through this unique collaboration, our patients and their families receive the expert rehabilitative care they need to resume productive, fulfilling lives. Equal Employment Opportunity HEALTHSOUTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Job Description The Case Manager serves as the interdisciplinary team leader to provide management of a patient's hospitalization from preadmission to post discharge and is an effective communicator and manager of information in coordinating health care decisions. Primarily, the Case Manager oversees the effective coordination of services in the areas of: insurance relations, fiscal management, admission and discharge coordination, case conferencing and communication relative to the overall treatment plan. As the interdisciplinary team coordinator, the case manager facilitates communication amongst the team members regarding delivery of services to patients and families, performs ongoing utilization review, acts as a liaison to the payor, assures that cost effective treatment is provided by the team, facilitates timely communication regarding the patient's care, establishes and implements the discharge plan. The case manager assures that regulations regarding patient's rights are fulfilled, and addresses the patient's psychosocial status and support systems issues. The Case Manager may work in either the inpatient or outpatient setting. POSITION REQUIREMENTS AND ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS License or Certification: - Current state licensure/certification, if applicable Education, Training and Years of Experience: - Bachelors or masters degree preferred in social work, rehabilitation or related allied health field or a degree in nursing (BSN preferred) with appropriate valid state license/certifications (CRRN, CIRS, CRC or CCM preferred) Machines, Equipment Used: - General office equipment such as telephone, copy machine, fax machine, calculator, computer. Physical Requirements: - Good visual acuity and ability to communicate. - Ability to lift, lower, push, pull, and retrieve objects weighing a minimum of 30 pounds. Reasonable assistance may be requested when lifting, pushing, and/or pulling are undertaken which exceeds these minimum requirements. Compliance: - Adheres to the company's Standards of Business Conduct. - Maintains current licensure and/or certifications, if applicable. Skills and Abilities: - Ability to speak, read, write, and communicate effectively. - Ability to coordinate, analyze, observe, make decisions, and meet deadlines in a detail-oriented manner. - Ability to work independently without supervision. Environmental Conditions: - Indoor, temperature controlled, smoke-free environment. Occasional outdoor exposure. - Exposure or potential exposure to blood and body fluids may be required. - Handicapped accessible. - May work under stressful circumstances at times. Proficiency or Productivity Standards: - Meets established attendance standards. - Adheres to hospital/department dress code including wearing ID badge. - May be required to work weekdays and/or weekends, evenings and or night shifts if needed to meet deadlines. - May be required to work on religious and/or legal holidays on scheduled days/shifts. - Will be required to work as necessary during disaster situations, i.e., before, during or after a disaster. - May be required to stay after workday to assist after a disaster situation until relief arrives. - May be required to perform other duties as assigned by supervisor. To apply for this job online, copy and paste the following URL into your Internet browser, or select the following link: https://www.healthsouth.com/psc/hrpr01/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=21369&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=2 To learn more about this and other career opportunities, visit our website at www.healthsouth.com Company: HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION Location: Worcester, MA Job Status/Type: Part Time Job Category: Business/Strategic Management Occupations: General/Other: Business/Strategic Management Industry: Healthcare Services Work Experience: Not Specified Career Level: Not Specified

Job Title: Case Manager Company: Spaulding Rehabilitation Network Location: Cambridge, MA Description: CASE MANAGER Full-time The Case Manager works with the physician to oversee the process of planning, organizing, coordinating and monitoring the services and resources needed by the patient/family during hospitalization. This position is responsible for facilitating productive communication and planning among the patient/family, caregivers, insurers, and referral sources in order to progress toward a common patient centered goal while maintaining quality of care and effective, efficient utilization of resources. Current Massachusetts Licensure to practice Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech/Language Pathology, Social Work, or Rehabilitation Counselor required. Ideal candidate must have at least 3-5 years of related Rehabilitation, Case Management Utilization Review, or Discharge Planning experience. Founded in 1971 as the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is one of the largest rehabilitation facilities in the U.S., providing comprehensive rehabilitation treatment. Our network includes: 196-bed main hospital, over 60 physicians on staff, 6 specialized inpatient programs in rehabilitation, 4,000 inpatient admissions annually, 9 outpatient centers throughout Massachusetts, more than 200 physical, occupational, speech-language and recreational therapists and 140,000 annual outpatient visits. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is the only rehabilitation hospital in New England continuously ranked since 1995 by U.S. News and World Report in its Best Hospitals survey. Interested applicants are encouraged to visit us online for more information and to apply to Job ID# 2203355 at: www.spauldingrehab.org/careers Spaulding Rehab is an equal opportunity employer embracing the strength diversity brings to the workplace.