DescriptionSummary:The Emergency Department (ED) Care Manager (CM) is responsible for establishing, coordinating, and maintaining the process to increase patient throughput to the most appropriate level of care while facilitating interdisciplinary care across the continuum for the ED. The ED Care Manager collaborates with the patient and/or family, multidisciplinary team, physicians, community partners, and payers to ensure the patient?s progress and level of care are appropriately determined. The ED Care Manager has well-developed knowledge and skill in patient status determination in the inpatient and outpatient settings and collaborates with other care managers, social workers, Patient Access, physicians, and administrative leadership in the ED to d