Registered Nurse (RN) Care Manager - Per Diem
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Sacramento, California
Posted Sep 8
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Per Diem
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in California is $49/hr, across 1912 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Company Overview
Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.
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Job Description
Job Description
Shriners Children’s, the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center, has an opportunity for a RN Care Manager to join our team.
Key
Responsibilities
Advocates for the patient and his/her family while adhering to the overall treatment plan; UR/UM guidelines; policies and procedures of SHC; state, regulatory requirements and nursing and case management standards of practice.
Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary team consisting of Social Worker, Resource Navigator, Patient Access, HIM, CDI/UM Specialist, UR Specialist, Corporate staff and others; to meet the overall goals of the organization and metrics specific to the assigned facility
Perform Intake assessments of new patients at initial visit or by phone prior to first appointment, based on stratification criteria.
Works to ensure patient’s coordinated care by collaborating and communicating with patient’s Medical Home and/or other health care
Provides discharge/transition assessments, identifying barriers that affect length of stay, identifying barriers to successful clinical outcomes, developing plan of care, facilitates interventions and evaluates adherence to treatment plan through proactive patient engagement for care transitions across the care continuum.
Works with providers, patient/family to facilitate medication management/adherence through proactive follow-up.
Reviews authorization for services, orders and documentation to support medical necessity and level of care, prior to and during encounters, in conjunction with CDI/UM specialists and patient access.
Assures pt./family have knowledge to manage care, manage health, prevent secondary disabilities and are empowered to be responsible for participating in plan of care.
Required
Qualifications
BSN
Experience with disease management and application of motivational interview techniques
License in state of practice
Preferred
Qualifications
5+ years of clinical experience in Pediatrics, Burn care and/or Orthopaedics.
3-5 years Care Coordination/Case Management experience.
Experience with utilization review/management with a working knowledge of InterQual criteria.
The pay range for this position is $73.05 - $103.03/hour. Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.
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Requirements
- BSN
- Experience with disease management and application of motivational interview techniques
- License in state of practice
- Preferred
- 5+ years of clinical experience in Pediatrics, Burn care and/or Orthopaedics.
- 3-5 years Care Coordination/Case Management experience.
- Experience with utilization review/management with a working knowledge of InterQual criteria.
- The pay range for this position is $73.05 - $103.03/hour.
- Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.
Place
- City
- Sacramento, California
- Median rent
- $1,779/mo
- Local household income
- $87,321/yr
- Metro price level
- 7% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Sacramento area index 106.7, where 100 is the national average.
California's capital blends urban energy with easy access to nature, sitting where the Sacramento and American Rivers meet. Midtown's tree-lined streets and farm-to-fork dining scene give the city a distinct character, while proximity to San Francisco and the Sierra Nevada makes weekend escapes effortless.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You would be joining Shriners Children's in Dayton, a nonprofit pediatric specialty hospital where the work centers on kids—orthopedics, burns, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate—and care is not turned away for inability to pay. Full-time OR RN roles…
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