Utilization Management Case Manager

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks a Utilization Management Case Manager for their Care Management department responsible for the utilization management, quality assurance, and discharge planning activities for assigned services/areas/patients within Cottage Health. Case management activities will result in quality outcomes, optimal care/cost management of services and/or procedures, a high level of customer satisfaction and contribution to an overall value-oriented experience of stakeholders and persons served.

Qualifications

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Education

Minimum: Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN).

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN).
• Certifications,
• Licenses,
• Registrations:
• Minimum: Current California Nursing license in good standing.

Preferred

• Certification in Case Management.
• Years of
• Related
• Work
• Experience:
• Minimum: 2 years direct patient care experience in an acute care setting. Other patient care experience may be considered.

Preferred

Previous experience as a case manager in an acute care setting.

• Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education.
• Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, CA, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system.
• Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion.
• Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first.
• We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

• Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.