Job Description

High Lakes Health Care, part of Praxis Health, is looking for a professional Registered Nurse (RN) Care Manager to join our team!

An RN Care Manager at Praxis Health is a healthcare provider who assesses their patients' needs, and creates personalized care plans. The role of our RN Care Managers serves as the main point of contact between our patients and our clinic, and our RNs are critical to the success of team based care. As an RN Care Manager, you would be involved in coordinating patient's medical treatment, including administering assessments, developing care plans, monitoring medication compliance, providing patient education, motivational interviewing, relationship building with patients, serving as an advocate and champion of our patient's health, and connecting patients with social and community support systems for continuation of care. 

Praxis Health is Oregon’s largest independent, multi-specialty medical group, well known for our friendly providers and support staff. We work hard to provide an environment where employees can thrive in their careers, and where they feel valued.

High Lakes Health Care is a family of thriving, patient focused clinics, located in the heart of Bend. Our organization was voted the Best Medical Organization in Bend 5 years in a row, through the Source Weekly in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022! We want to add members to our team who will engage with our mission of working toward healthier patients, lower cost healthcare and happier medical teams.

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Benefit Highlights:

• Laboratory discounts for in house testing
• Medical with In-Network & Custom Network discounts (No out of pocket premium cost for employee only coverage)
• Dental (No cost for employee only coverage)
• 401(K) with discretionary employer match
• Paid Time Off
• Strong performance and attendance may result in a six-month and annual pay increase!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works under clinical direction of Program Director and physician medical directors.
• Provides effective care management across the care continuum, including coordination involving internal and external providers of care, families and other entities, as appropriate.
• Identifies appropriate cost effective care alternatives.
• Assists patients and appropriate staff, with real time decision-making in support of the coordinated care model.
• Care Management activities include early identification of high-risk patients, concerted planning involving physicians and mid-level practitioners, monitoring of services provided by outside physicians, home health, DME, and other providers; monitoring emergency department use as well as identifying opportunities to decrease emergency department utilization and other elements of care utilization.
• Works with pertinent internal staff to ensure all requirements related to guidelines for care management, including related policies and procedures are met.
• Complies with corporate compliance program and policy.
• Ensures confidentiality of patient information following HIPAA guidelines and company policies.
• Core Responsibilities of Care Managers:
  • Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • Patient Education
  • Resource Management
  • Care Coordination
  • Motivational Health Coach
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Comfortable with EMR and willing to learn new technology.
  • Knowledge of relevant resources within the organization and community.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Reliable attendance and presence at work.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Registered Nurse License
• 2+ years work experience in healthcare
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Proficient with healthcare electronic medical record, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and Excel. 

Praxis Health is a family of medical groups providing high quality healthcare throughout the state of Oregon. Our community-based clinics are the DNA of our business, providing better medicine, advocacy for our patients, and a satisfying and collaborative culture for our providers and staff.

The Praxis family approach is dynamically different than other healthcare companies in Oregon. We are not “big box” health care, but rather a company of small groups and clinics, of nimble micro-cultures that can quickly adapt to industry changes, as well as patient needs.

We have been serving communities across the beautiful and adventurous state of Oregon for over 50 years! And we are pioneers and thought leaders in the industry. Our commitment to innovative and operational excellence has allowed us to create healthcare solutions that are both cost-efficient and cutting edge.

Come see how healthcare is done right!

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Praxis Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.