You have dedicated your career to nursing others, now it’s time to “Nurse Your Career.” When you work with Pathway Medical Staffing you have access to multiple tools and resources that will help you reach your career goals.  Here’s a list of the tools available to you right now.

Job Openings – Updated Daily

Our nursing job board is updated on a daily basis with the latest opportunities in case management, utilization review, medical record review, quality, appeals, CDI, PRI, HEDIS, and many other non-clinical nursing professions.  We’re constantly working closely with leading healthcare organizations to bring these opportunities to you first. Visit the nursing job board to see what’s available.

Email Alerts

Do you keep meaning to check the available nursing jobs posted online, but you just get too busy and forget?  You could be missing out on that dream job.  When you sign up for email alerts you receive weekly updates on the hottest nurse case management and non-clinical nursing job opportunities from leading healthcare providers.   This allows you to stay on top of what’s new without having to remember to search the job boards regularly.  Sign up for nurse case management and non-bedside nursing job alert emails now.

Nursing and Healthcare News Alerts from Respected Sources

If you’re looking to make the next move in your career, you should be on top of the latest nursing news.  We search through hundreds of publications each day to weed out the news that is most important to you as a non-clinical nurse. The Pathway Medical Twitter Page is updated virtually every half hour with relevant news and information from respected sources such as: The American Journal of Nursing, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the American Medical Association as well as many notable leaders in the field of nursing.  Follow along with breaking news as it happens, all in one place.

Don’t have a Twitter account?  No worries.  You don’t need an account to access this information.  Simply click on the Pathway Medical Twitter Page and start reading right now.

Resume Match

Using the “Submit Your Resume” tool we will keep your resume on file and alert you when an opportunity matches your qualifications and experience.  As our clients have new positions available our career counselors scour our network of non-clinical nurses and nurse case managers to find the perfect match.  However, we can’t find you if your resume isn’t on file.  In just a few minutes you can ensure that your credentials will be searchable when a new opportunity comes along, by submitting your resume today.  Rest assured, we respect your privacy and will keep your information confidential.

Nurses’ Blog

The Nurses’ blog is a resource where you can find the latest non-clinical nursing career advice, tips, tools, surveys and giveaways.  The blog is also a place where you can read what you’re peers have to say about each article with the opportunity to voice your opinions as well.  Check out the latest surveys on the blog:  2010 Registered Nurse Salary Survey or the latest survey on non bedside nursing jobs that reveals why 57% of non-clinical nurses plan to look for new jobs this year.

You also have the opportunity to become a voice in the nursing community by posting a guest blog.  Read guest blog posts from your peers like ”Wonderful Things Happen When a Case Manager Intervenes” submitted by an RN/CCM about her experiences in nurse case management.   You can submit your stories for inclusion to careers@pathway-medical.com.

Nurse Networking Group for Non Bedside and Non Clinical Nurses

Your peers are an invaluable source of information to help you with your career. Nursing Beyond the Bedside is a community of nurses working in non bedside / non clinical nursing roles.  This is a free networking group on LinkedIn where you can ask questions, share experiences, read current news and find jobs and career advice in non bedside nursing.

Help Your Friends and Earn $500

If you have friends or colleagues that are looking for a new career opportunity you can earn $500 just by referring them to Pathway Medical Staffing.  All it takes is one minute of your time to tell us about your friend or colleague with experience in case management, non-clinical or non-bedside nursing.

Not Looking to Change Jobs?

Although you may not be looking to change jobs, when it comes to your career you probably have those gnawing questions in the back of your head, “Is there a better job for me out there?” “Can I make better use of my years of experience and skills?”  “Could I be making more money somewhere else?” “Can I find something with a more flexible schedule?”

Many of the tools in the Nursing Career Kit will help you find answers to these questions.  Even if you aren’t presently looking for a new job, these tools allow you to stay in touch with the latest non-clinical nursing news to help you in your current position.  The tools will also educate you on the nursing job market so that you’re prepared when you do decide to take the next step in your career.

• The Nursing Beyond the Bedside networking group is a great place to connect with fellow nurses in non bedside and non clinical nursing careers.
• The Pathway Medical Twitter Page aggregates news from hundreds of respected sources so that you are current on the hottest trends and topics in non-clinical nursing and healthcare.
• Signing up for email alerts will allow you to see the variety of job opportunities available on a weekly basis.
• Submitting your resume is a confidential way to send us your detailed background so that we can alert you if a leading healthcare provider has a job opening that fits your career goals.
• You can also earn $500 if you refer a friend or colleague that is looking for a new nursing opportunity.

Nursing Career Hotline

Don’t forget that simply calling (800) 361-0031 to reach a nurse career counselor may be your most valuable tool of all.  Since 1998 our counselors have specialized in nurse case management and other non-clinical and non-bedside nursing professions. Feel free to call, or email careers@pathway-medical.com and a dedicated counselor will be ready to help.  As always there is no cost to you!

Need More Information?

Click to learn about Pathway Medical Staffing and how we work with job seekers to find rewarding career opportunities with leading healthcare organizations.

It’s the holiday season once again and we want to help you celebrate!  We’re offering you the chance to win a membership or renewal to your preferred professional organization. 

All you have to do is click on the membership that you’re interested in below, follow the instructions and you’ll be entered to win.  Hurry! The contest ends December, 16^th at midnight.

Wishing you every happiness this Holiday Season and prosperity in the New Year.

P.S.  Feel free to enter both if you wish! 

Happy Holidays from Pathway Medical.

Stories from Case Managers in Honor of Case Management Week…

As a Rehab Nurse Case Manager my story spans 25 years of friendships and life’s lessons that grew from catastrophic injury.

Teenage life tragically devastated in a heartbeat, suddenly quadriplegic. I was privileged to work 1:1 with them, their families, their homes, their vehicles and, specialized equipment to restore their lives and futures. Now adults, these friends are married with families. They have professional careers as teachers, counselors, social workers. I watch them raise their children and give back to society with a joyful heart, hopeful that something I said or did helped them climb their mountain.

I’m overcome with awe and respect for them and their accomplishments. It is I who have learned life’s greatest lessons from them. I’m so honored to be a part of their lives and success.

Respectfully submitted,

Margo P.
CRRN, CCM, LNC

Stories from Case Managers in Honor of Case Management Week…

My name is Stacey I am a case manager, and have been in my position for approximately 10 months. I am new to case management and I have gained a wealth of case management knowledge. But I must say the most rewarding thing about my experiences is that I am able to maintain my compassion for being a RN and advocate for my patients. 

A most memorable moment as a case manager and a life lesson is one of a recent experience I had on my assigned unit. I had a patient with a specific managed insurance that normally, 98% of the time, denies and does not grant authorization for acute rehab. The patient was refferred to acute but did not meet the obvious criteria so I was told by the team that the patient should go to SAR because “her insurance won’t give authorization anyway.”

I met with the patient because the social worker stated the patient had some insurance concerns. I met with the patient and she really wanted to “bounce back” and receive acute rehab. She became very anxious when she was told that she would not get into acute rehab because of her insurance. I listened and heard her cry and went through her chart and found a qualifing factor: neurological defict that was a new onset event post op. I advocated and presented this to her insurance asked them to please consider this case.

That afternoon I received a call she was granted approval and authorization was given. I met with the patient again and informed her that she had been granted authorization for acute rehab and that she would be discharged there. She became tearful and gave me a big hug. She was thankful which made me feel like that bedside nurse I will always be in my heart. I learned that case managers play a significant part in the admission stay and discharge of patients. I learned that we are dependent on by many, number one: the patients. It was rewarding to put a smile on her face and play the role of patient advocate; as I feel a nurse should be.

Stacey

It should be an exciting time for case managers. Healthcare reform is in it’s creation and The RAC (is it not the perfect nom de guerre?) is knocking on our doors. Yet I hear nothing from our ranks or leadership weighing in on the issues.President Obama recently made notice of an article in the New Yorker by Dr. Atul Gawande. This article was about a Texas city that had the highest cost per Medicare patient in the US. It’s conclusions said nothing that any nurse case manager could not have told him about over utilization. The reform issue of “how are we going to make universal healthcare affordable?” is all about case management principles. If the future of healthcare delivery is going to be based on the principles of the right care and the right time, it is going to take case managers to make it work. Focusing on the here and now, The RAC is the best thing ever to happen to hospital based case management. Hospitals will not be able to survive without strong UR/ case management programs.
Ray Gridey, RN BS, CPUR – Case Manager

Case managers in a hospital are positioned in the political middle stretching between the needs of patients while your efforts to meet your organization’s strategic goals are pulling in the opposite direction.

But how do you meet the needs of your patients and your organization, and garner the support you need from your organization’s executive team?

Too often Hospitals seem simply to want to “ Get the patient out”, focus on length of stay issues and do not have support strategies for case managers to bring full support for patients to feel they are going home where they can be safe and manage themselves and their care needs.

How do you obtain medications not covered by insurance or even more difficult, the patient has no insurance and needs antihypertensives, hyperglycemics or other medications? Knowledge of community services is imperative as well as finding local programs that provide low cost prescriptions such as the $4.00 for 30 days that are advertised in the media.

Believe it or not patients are often unaware of these programs. What about patients who are going home and need dressing supplies ? Help with obtaining these supplies? Or no insurance to help them with these needs? Hospitals are strained financially these days and cannot supply a patient with these things at the time of discharge. Many of my patients are very poor, and do not have resources to purchase these items.

Does anyone have information on resources for dressing supplies, DME etc?

by Donna Berry, RN, BS, LNHA – Case Manager