RN Case Manager

Carol King Smith, MSN, RN-BC, iRNPA

Email: ************@*****.***

Cell: 602-***-****

Master's prepared, certified Case Manager with 17 years case management

experience. Strong leadership qualities, proven ability to produce

outstanding results in employment and professional settings. Expertise in

Patient Advocacy, Case Management and Utilization Management activities

across the continuum of care, including coordination of care and services,

Transitions of Care, health and life style coaching, treatment decision

support, patient education and empowerment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 2013/Current

King RN Patient Advocates

Fountain Hills, Arizona

Owner/Principal

Client oriented advocacy through assessment, planning, and

implementing appropriate care and services for individuals with

health challenges. Focus on Functional Medicine. Specialties

include clinical expertise, client education and empowerment,

care coordination, long-term and end- of- life planning.

March 2012- November 2014

Arcadian Health Plan (acquired by Humana July 2012)

Telephonic RN Case Manager- Regional, Work from Home

Case management activities for Medicare Advantage and dual

enrollee members in several states. Emphasis on assessing and

evaluating outcomes of care and services with a multi-

disciplinary health care team.

Humana SeniorBridge

Phoenix, Arizona

Field Care Manager: Transition and Long Term In Home Programs

In home evaluation and care coordination to assist members with

acute health challenges to stay in their own homes; evaluate and

develop appropriate options when level of care change required.

2011- 2012

Chamberlain College of Nursing

Adjunct Faculty, RN-BSN undergraduate on-line program

Banner Staffing Services

Phoenix, Arizona

Banner Good Samaritan acute care and acute rehabilitation case

management activities. Per diem

2007- 2010

Action Healthcare Management Services

Phoenix, Arizona

Telephonic RN Case Manager, Multi-State, work from home

Case Management activities for self funded employer based health

plans including coordination of care/services, resource

management, authorizations, patient education, and advocacy.

2004-2007

Scottsdale Healthcare

Scottsdale, Arizona

RN Case Manager, Ortho/Neuro floor in Level 1 Trauma Center

Case management, discharge planning, and utilization management

activities for acute care adult population. Floated to other

units at Scottsdale Osborn and Shea campuses as needed.

EDUCATION

MSN: Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona

Masters of Science in Nursing Administration, May 1994

Awarded Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Delivered

Convocation speech. President of the Graduate Nurse

Organization. Inducted into Nursing Honor Society

BSN: Thomas Jefferson College of Allied Health Services

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing, May 1979

Class Representative. Active in Student Government.

RN LICENSURE (unrestricted)

Arizona (compact license)

California

Washington

CERTIFICATION

RN-BC: American Nurses Credentialing Center, Nurse Case Management

iRNPA: University of Arizona College of Nursing, Independent RN

Patient

(certificate program)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Case Management Society of Arizona

* Director, Board of Directors 2011- 2014

* Public Policy Committee 2010- 2013

* Co-chair, Public Policy Committee Multi-State License Task

Force

2009- 2012

American Nurses Association

Arizona Nurses Association

Professional Patient Advocacy Institute

Alliance of Professional Health Advocates

PUBLICATIONS:PRESENTATIONS

Available upon request

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