Interim Clinical Nurse Specialist - Complex Case Management & Discharge Planning

About This Role

This role involves developing and maintaining quality standards for nursing practice, focusing on complex case management and discharge planning within an acute inpatient setting. It supports patient care coordination and transitions across the continuum, ensuring safe and cost-effective care.

Responsibilities

• Develop and ensure quality standards for nursing practice for a specific patient population.
• Provide advanced clinical practice education, consultation, research, and administration.
• Support patient care coordination and transitions across the continuum with a focus on complex case management, utilization management, and discharge planning.
• Serve as a clinical resource and liaison between interdisciplinary teams, patients, and post-acute partners to facilitate safe, timely, and cost-effective transitions of care.
• Collaborate with providers, case managers, social workers, and external facilities to identify and address barriers to discharge, manage extended length of stay cases, and promote optimal clinical and utilization outcomes.
• Establish and monitor care standards and make recommendations for changes in area of clinical practice.
• Collaborate with nursing staff in assessing patient, family age-specific nursing needs and developing plans of care for complex high-risk patients.
• Design and implement education programs for patients/families and nursing staff.
• Provide consultation to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers in meeting care needs.
• Define and implement best nursing practices and assist in staff evaluations and coaching.

Requirements

• BSN
• BLS Certification
• Georgia RN License
• 3+ years experience in area of specialty

Qualifications

• BSN required. Clinical Masters in Nursing, in area of specialization, is preferred.
• Three years of experience in area of specialty required. ER/ICU acute care experience is preferred.

Nice to Have

• Clinical Masters in Nursing (specialization)
• Prior Clinical Nurse Specialist Experience
• ER/ICU acute care experience
• CNS Certification
• ACLS or PALS Certification

Benefits

Certifications