The RN Care Manager promotes quality care, positive patient outcomes, and a positive patient experience by providing guidance, support, education, and care coordination to patients living with kidney disease. They are the subject matter expert and resource for patients, colleagues, clinic staff, and other healthcare professionals on a patient's care team. They provide care both virtually, via phone and in person at onsite clinics.

Note: This position is based in Puerto Rico

The work you will do:

• Utilize nursing knowledge, clinical judgement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and critical thinking to develop individualized interventions to meet patient needs and facilitate coordination of care for assigned patients.
• Assess patients' knowledge of late-stage CKD and treatments. Educate and inform patients to support them in delaying the progression of kidney disease and when appropriate to manage health issues during the transition to their chosen renal replacement therapy.
• Collaborate with providers and appropriate staff to ensure patients and family members (if applicable) receive comprehensive information on specific modality advantages and disadvantages, hemodialysis treatments both at home and in-center, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplantation and conservative care, as well as education on hemodialysis access types to ensure a successful transition from chronic kidney disease to dialysis.
• Participate in the interpretation of summary clinical data and its use in improving late-stage CKD care processes.

The skills and qualifications you need:

• Minimum of 2 years renal patient care or chronic disease management previous experience required.
• Ability to work (8am to 5pm) or (10am to 6pm) or (11am to 7pm) shifts.
• Active, unrestricted nursing license to practice in Puerto Rico required.
• A combination of renal transplant, dialysis, or CKD patient care preferred.
• Understanding of diabetes and cardiovascular disease processes preferred.
• Must be bilingual - Spanish and English proficiency required.
• Must reside locally in Puerto Rico.