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Case Manager - Case Management

Job Description

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care by Newsweek.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
  • Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
  • Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare.

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

  • $1.00 Certification pay
  • $1.00 BSN pay

Job Summary

The nurse case manager assess, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates options to facilitate the continuum of care through discharge planning. The nurse case manager collaborates with the patient or patient’s family/representative, the physician, and members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate progression-of-care; intervening appropriately to ensure that the plan of care and services provided are patient focused, high quality, evidence based, appropriate to patient needs, efficient, and cost effective. The nurse case manager serves as a resource to the physicians and provides education and information on resource utilization, national and local coverage determinations, and use of hospital admission criteria.

Job Requirements

Education

  • Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

  • Preferred: Bachelor's of Nursing

Experience

  • Required: Minimum of 1 year hospital experience

Skills

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to be genuine and empathetic

  • Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills with attention to detail

  • Computer skills

  • Ability to interact professionally and contribute to the interdisciplinary team

Licensure/Certification/Registration

  • Current RN License in the state of Missouri

  • Preferred: Certified Case Manager

Specialties:

  1. Nursing

Why CoxHealth?

Our health system includes six hospitals, over 100 clinics, and 530+ primary and specialty providers serving 25 counties. CoxHealth takes pride in being southwest Missouri’s first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare, a distinction awarded for our commitment to quality and patient safety. All six hospitals, along with our outpatient centers and provider-based clinics, have received this national accreditation through DNV’s National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations® program.  

Cox Medical Centers is the only facility in the region to receive the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet® designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing. We’re consistently identified among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals for Equitable Access. Additionally, in 2025, CareChex by Quantros® ranked Cox Medical Centers in the top 10% of hospitals nationwide, as well as in our region and state, for medical excellence in overall hospital and surgical care.