Job Description

Estimated payment breakdown for Travelers that leave more than 60 miles from the facility.

$76.25/hr or $3050 weekly (40 hours/week) = ($1330/wk non-taxable pay/stipend + $1720/wk taxable on w2)*

Job Title:

ED Mental Health/RN Case Manager

Location:

Tuba City, AZ

Duration:

13 weeks

Shift:

Sunday -Saturday 10 shifts variable 7a- 530p & weekend rotation with call

Guaranteed hours a week:

40

Tentative Start:

12/15/2025

Job ID:

291927

Hospital rental property very limited. Shared contractor housing only. No pets or family allowed per hospital policy.

Fingerprinting must be submitted and cleared prior to start!

POSITION SUMMARY

The Nurse Case Manager, Emergency Department (ED) is responsible for establishing, coordinating, and maintaining the process to increase patient throughput to the most appropriate level of care while facilitating interdisciplinary care across the continuum for the ED. The Nurse Case Manager collaborates with the patient/family, multidisciplinary team, physicians, community resources and payers to ensure the patient's progress and level of care is appropriately determined for the emergency episode of care and for the inpatient encounter to ensure that care is performed and facilitated in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

The Nurse Case Manager has well developed knowledge and skills in patient status determination (i.e. InterQual Criteria), in the assessment and care management of patients and families within the ED, inpatient and outpatient settings. The scope of practice includes patient/family assessment and management, resource management, identifying patients appropriate for Inpatient Admission, Observation, or Outpatient status, care facilitation, discharge planning with referral to all levels of care, and other related duties specific to the defined patient population. This Nurse Case Manager collaborates with other case managers, social work staff, the Access Center, Admissions, the Outcome Manager, and other physician and administrative leadership staff within the ED, the Coordinated Care Department and both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She/he uses knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology, and clinical care processes to participate with other clinical staff and physicians in the development of clinical practice guidelines and physician order sets for the purpose of improving quality of care, changing practice, and reducing costs. The role has a primary reporting relationship to the Director of Coordinated Care.

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Associates degree in Nursing

License/Certification:

A valid, current, full and unrestricted Professional Nursing License to practice nursing in any state of the United States of America, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States Must have and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by the American Heart Association throughout employment Must obtain Case Manager Certification (CCM or ACM) within 2 years from date of hire, if not already obtained

Experience:

Minimum of (2) two years of current care/case management experience in the Emergency Department Two (2) years of patient care experience (Hospital, Home health, Skilled Nursing) Proficient with Electronic Medical Records, Outlook, Microsoft Office Word, and Excel.

Must have 1 year of travel experience

Should you be interested, please contact me at 703-652-7170, my name is Ailyn (Eye-lyn), I am available from Mon to Fri at 9a-6p EST.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: From $76.25 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Application Question(s):

You must obtain Case Manager Certification (CCM or ACM) within 2 years from date of hire, if not already obtained. Are you okay with this?
Experience:

current care/case management in the ED: 2 years (Required) patient care (Hospital, Home health, Skilled Nursing): 2 years (Required) Outlook, Microsoft Office Word, and Excel.: 2 years (Required) Allscripts: 1 year (Preferred) Travel nursing: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:

BLS Certification (Required) Compact RN license (Required)
Work Location: In person