Travel RN - Case Management/Utilization Review - Case Management
Orange, California
Staffing partner
Posted Sep 4 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Hours a week
- 40
- Unit
- Case Management department
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Sep 28, 2026 · Travel
- Practice
- Epic charting
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
More role details
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
- Unit
- Case Management department
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Travel package
- Housing provided
About this role
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Days, 5x8hrs
- Hours: 40 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Sep 28, 2026
- Length: 13 weeks
- Openings: 1
American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN Case Manager for a high-volume ED setting requiring strong ED and InterQual experience along with an active CA RN license.
Details
- Case Management department within a high-volume Emergency Department
- Day shift schedule, 5x8-hour shifts from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
- 4x10-hour schedule may also be considered
- 13-week assignment length
Requirements
- Active CA RN license required in-hand (EMSA not accepted)
- Minimum 3 years of case management experience in an acute care hospital inpatient setting required; academic medical center experience preferred
- Minimum 1 year of acute care experience required
- Strong Emergency Department experience required
- Strong InterQual experience required
- BLS certification required
- ACM, CCM, or RN-BC certification preferred
- Epic EMR experience required and must be documented in work history
- CPI Blue Card from the Crisis Prevention Institute required in-hand for ER nurses (MAB or online CPI Blue not accepted)
- Two supervisor references required, including at least one from the unit being submitted to within the last year
Additional Information
- Utilizes InterQual Criteria for utilization review and case management functions
- Large hospital acute care experience required, academic medical center setting preferred
- Local candidates accepted at the same rate
- Previous employees must have a gap of at least 1 year before returning as a traveler
- No RTO permitted within the first two weeks of the assignment; maximum of 7 days of RTO per 13-week contract highly preferred
- All RTO must be submitted upfront and cannot be changed once the profile is under manager review
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Requirements
- Active CA RN license required in-hand (EMSA not accepted)
- Minimum 3 years of case management experience in an acute care hospital inpatient setting required; academic medical center experience preferred
- Minimum 1 year of acute care experience required
- Strong Emergency Department experience required
- Strong InterQual experience required
- BLS certification required
- ACM, CCM, or RN-BC certification preferred
- Epic EMR experience required and must be documented in work history
- CPI Blue Card from the Crisis Prevention Institute required in-hand for ER nurses (MAB or online CPI Blue not accepted)
- Two supervisor references required, including at least one from the unit being submitted to within the last year
Place
- City
- Orange, California
- Median rent
- $2,327/mo
- Local household income
- $117,113/yr
- State price level
- 11% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
California index 110.7, where 100 is the national average.
Orange, California offers classic Southern California suburban living with a historic heart. Old Towne Orange charms with antique shops, farmers markets, and the iconic roundabout plaza. With major hospital systems across Orange County within a short drive, it's a convenient, family-friendly base for working RNs.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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About the employer
American Traveler is a travel nursing staffing agency that places experienced registered nurses in temporary 13-week contract assignments at hospitals across multiple states. Assignments are located in diverse geographic settings, from Rapid City, SD, to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Atlanta,…
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Case Management is a specialty you move into. Bedside years first. That experience is what gets you in.
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