Nurse Care Manager

## Description

The Nurse Care Manager assumes the role as a professional Nurse Educator. The educator plans, organizes, and directs health education programs for Health Home patients; educates patients/families about chronic disease, including treatment options, lifestyle modification, and potential complications; collaborates with members of the health home team, providers and patients/families to identify health needs and develop measurable health goals; monitors patients’ progress toward goals and reports performance measures and outcomes as required by health home and organization; collaborates with health home team and providers to integrate behavioral health into primary care and to identify behavioral health concerns that present barriers to improving health outcomes; uses motivational interviewing techniques to encourage patients to implement self-management strategies that will improve their chronic health condition; ensures educational strategies adhere to current evidence-based guidelines; ensures chronic disease and preventive measures are up to date and coincide with organizational mission and values and health home initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop wellness and prevention initiatives
• Facilitate health education groups; provide training on medical diseases, treatment and medications
• Participate in treatment plan development for all health home enrollees
• Collaborate with health home team to integrate behavioral health into primary care
• Identify and address patient care needs during transitions of care
• Identify and address barriers to improved self-management skills and health outcomes

Our robust benefits package includes

• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Vision insurance

## Qualifications
**Professional**

• Active registered nurse licensure in Missouri
• Ability to demonstrate expertise in the area of adult education

**Education**

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Certified Educator (preferred, not required)