Registered Nurse Case Manager Jobs in Arizona
Registered Nurse Case Manager jobs in Arizona are among the most active in the Southwest, concentrated across managed care organizations, integrated health systems, and workers' compensation and insurance sectors, with openings at every level from new graduate case management roles through senior and lead positions. Phoenix, Tucson, and Scottsdale drive the highest volume of hiring, anchored by large employers such as Banner Health, Dignity Health, and UnitedHealth Group, which maintain a lasting regional presence and consistently recruit for this role. Utilization review, discharge planning, and chronic disease management are the most in-demand specialties across Arizona listings. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Overview
Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!
At Carondelet St. Marys Hospital, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Career development and continuing education opportunities
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status
Job Summary
Job Summary
Position is filled by a professional nurse who, as a result of education and in-depth clinical experience possesses the advanced clinical knowledge and skills necessary to provide case management to targeted populations. Responsible for coordinating and facilitating the patient’s hospitalization from pre-admission through post-discharge. Collaborates with physicians, nurses, social workers and other health team members to expedite medically appropriate cost effective care. Applies clinical expertise and medical appropriateness criteria to resource utilization and discharge planning achieve desired health maintenance and disease prevention outcomes. Will advise the health care team and provide leadership as necessary. Communicates at the inter-departmental level as well as across all health care areas with the goal of improving clinical management of patients thereby impacting medical and psychosocial care across the health care continuum. Core processes include risk assessment and management of clinical populations, discharge planning, and utilization management.
Responsibilities
- Using established criteria, reviews appropriateness of patient’s admission, need for continued stay, information needed for discharge.
- Discuss estimated length of stay, treatment and discharge plan with the attending physician, as indicated
- Initiate discharge planning by assessing the patient’s needs and documenting the assessment on the interdisciplinary plan of care. Interviews patient, family, and appropriate health team members to develop a discharge plan that incorporates patient choice, and is clinically appropriate, cost effective, and safe.
- Ensure that the interdisciplinary care plan and the discharge plan are consistent with the patient’s clinical course, continuing care needs and covered services.
- Refers complex discharge planning issues to other members of the case management team as directed by referral criteria.
- Provides leadership to the health care team to implement the discharge plan and facilitate patient transfer to the next level of care when medically able.
- Obtain from third party payer certification due to patient status change, information needed for discharge.
- Conducts interdisciplinary rounds
- Discuss with attending physician and/or physician advisor the appropriateness of resource utilization, consultation and treatment plan.
- Collect data on variances from quality screening criteria by the Clinical Excellence Council. Report quality concerns to Quality Assurance. Continually ensure and enhance quality outcomes
- Respond to third party requests for concurrent clinical information.
- Complete all necessary forms in a timely manner.
- Act as a liaison/patient advocate and influence interactions to ensure high quality patient care.
- Coordinate appropriate educational material/instruction for patients, families, medical staff, and multi-disciplinary personnel to accomplish patient care outcomes.
- Maintain cost effective utilization of care continuum resources.
- Coordinate with all staff necessary to develop a mechanism to monitor patient progress against guidelines and evaluate variances for individual patients and targeted populations.
- Identify possible delays and avoidable days; work with providers to prevent delays and identify system/provider opportunities for improvement.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Minimum Requirements
- Education: Associates degree in nursing or related field or equivalent combination of work experience and education
- Experience: Recent Acute care experience
-
Licensure/Certifications:
- Valid current Arizona Nursing License or compact state license and ability to become Arizona Licensed in 30 days.
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
- NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and others as required by individual department.
-
Preferred Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Experience: Combined bedside and care management experience
- Licensure/Certifications: Certification in specialty area, and/or Case Management
#LI-AL2
Organization Description
St. Marys Hospital, established in 1880, is Southern Arizonas longest continually operating hospital and one of the top medical centers in Tucson and the region. Home to the Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute, St. Marys is recognized as a destination hospital for minimally invasive heart and vascular surgery, as well as advanced stroke care, emergency care, wound care and bariatric surgery. St. Marys strives to offer personalized, compassionate care to every patient. Join our team!
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
Tenet participates in the E-Verify program. Follow the link below for additional information.
E-Verify: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify
The employment practices of Tenet Healthcare and its companies comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Using established criteria, reviews appropriateness of patient’s admission, need for continued stay, information needed for discharge.
- Discuss estimated length of stay, treatment and discharge plan with the attending physician, as indicated
- Initiate discharge planning by assessing the patient’s needs and documenting the assessment on the interdisciplinary plan of care. Interviews patient, family, and appropriate health team members to develop a discharge plan that incorporates patient choice, and is clinically appropriate, cost effective, and safe.
- Ensure that the interdisciplinary care plan and the discharge plan are consistent with the patient’s clinical course, continuing care needs and covered services.
- Refers complex discharge planning issues to other members of the case management team as directed by referral criteria.
- Provides leadership to the health care team to implement the discharge plan and facilitate patient transfer to the next level of care when medically able.
- Obtain from third party payer certification due to patient status change, information needed for discharge.
- Conducts interdisciplinary rounds
- Discuss with attending physician and/or physician advisor the appropriateness of resource utilization, consultation and treatment plan.
- Collect data on variances from quality screening criteria by the Clinical Excellence Council. Report quality concerns to Quality Assurance. Continually ensure and enhance quality outcomes
- Respond to third party requests for concurrent clinical information.
- Complete all necessary forms in a timely manner.
- Act as a liaison/patient advocate and influence interactions to ensure high quality patient care.
- Coordinate appropriate educational material/instruction for patients, families, medical staff, and multi-disciplinary personnel to accomplish patient care outcomes.
- Maintain cost effective utilization of care continuum resources.
- Coordinate with all staff necessary to develop a mechanism to monitor patient progress against guidelines and evaluate variances for individual patients and targeted populations.
- Identify possible delays and avoidable days; work with providers to prevent delays and identify system/provider opportunities for improvement.
- Other duties as assigned
- Minimum Requirements
- Education: Associates degree in nursing or related field or equivalent combination of work experience and education
- Experience: Recent Acute care experience
-
Licensure/Certifications:
- Valid current Arizona Nursing License or compact state license and ability to become Arizona Licensed in 30 days.
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
- NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and others as required by individual department.
-
Preferred Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Experience: Combined bedside and care management experience
- Licensure/Certifications: Certification in specialty area, and/or Case Management
#LI-AL2
Overview
Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!
At Carondelet St. Marys Hospital, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Career development and continuing education opportunities
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status
Job Summary
Job Summary
Position is filled by a professional nurse who, as a result of education and in-depth clinical experience possesses the advanced clinical knowledge and skills necessary to provide case management to targeted populations. Responsible for coordinating and facilitating the patient’s hospitalization from pre-admission through post-discharge. Collaborates with physicians, nurses, social workers and other health team members to expedite medically appropriate cost effective care. Applies clinical expertise and medical appropriateness criteria to resource utilization and discharge planning achieve desired health maintenance and disease prevention outcomes. Will advise the health care team and provide leadership as necessary. Communicates at the inter-departmental level as well as across all health care areas with the goal of improving clinical management of patients thereby impacting medical and psychosocial care across the health care continuum. Core processes include risk assessment and management of clinical populations, discharge planning, and utilization management.
Responsibilities
- Using established criteria, reviews appropriateness of patient’s admission, need for continued stay, information needed for discharge.
- Discuss estimated length of stay, treatment and discharge plan with the attending physician, as indicated
- Initiate discharge planning by assessing the patient’s needs and documenting the assessment on the interdisciplinary plan of care. Interviews patient, family, and appropriate health team members to develop a discharge plan that incorporates patient choice, and is clinically appropriate, cost effective, and safe.
- Ensure that the interdisciplinary care plan and the discharge plan are consistent with the patient’s clinical course, continuing care needs and covered services.
- Refers complex discharge planning issues to other members of the case management team as directed by referral criteria.
- Provides leadership to the health care team to implement the discharge plan and facilitate patient transfer to the next level of care when medically able.
- Obtain from third party payer certification due to patient status change, information needed for discharge.
- Conducts interdisciplinary rounds
- Discuss with attending physician and/or physician advisor the appropriateness of resource utilization, consultation and treatment plan.
- Collect data on variances from quality screening criteria by the Clinical Excellence Council. Report quality concerns to Quality Assurance. Continually ensure and enhance quality outcomes
- Respond to third party requests for concurrent clinical information.
- Complete all necessary forms in a timely manner.
- Act as a liaison/patient advocate and influence interactions to ensure high quality patient care.
- Coordinate appropriate educational material/instruction for patients, families, medical staff, and multi-disciplinary personnel to accomplish patient care outcomes.
- Maintain cost effective utilization of care continuum resources.
- Coordinate with all staff necessary to develop a mechanism to monitor patient progress against guidelines and evaluate variances for individual patients and targeted populations.
- Identify possible delays and avoidable days; work with providers to prevent delays and identify system/provider opportunities for improvement.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Minimum Requirements
- Education: Associates degree in nursing or related field or equivalent combination of work experience and education
- Experience: Recent Acute care experience
-
Licensure/Certifications:
- Valid current Arizona Nursing License or compact state license and ability to become Arizona Licensed in 30 days.
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
- NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and others as required by individual department.
-
Preferred Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Experience: Combined bedside and care management experience
- Licensure/Certifications: Certification in specialty area, and/or Case Management
#LI-AL2
Organization Description
St. Marys Hospital, established in 1880, is Southern Arizonas longest continually operating hospital and one of the top medical centers in Tucson and the region. Home to the Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute, St. Marys is recognized as a destination hospital for minimally invasive heart and vascular surgery, as well as advanced stroke care, emergency care, wound care and bariatric surgery. St. Marys strives to offer personalized, compassionate care to every patient. Join our team!
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
Tenet participates in the E-Verify program. Follow the link below for additional information.
E-Verify: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify
The employment practices of Tenet Healthcare and its companies comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Using established criteria, reviews appropriateness of patient’s admission, need for continued stay, information needed for discharge.
- Discuss estimated length of stay, treatment and discharge plan with the attending physician, as indicated
- Initiate discharge planning by assessing the patient’s needs and documenting the assessment on the interdisciplinary plan of care. Interviews patient, family, and appropriate health team members to develop a discharge plan that incorporates patient choice, and is clinically appropriate, cost effective, and safe.
- Ensure that the interdisciplinary care plan and the discharge plan are consistent with the patient’s clinical course, continuing care needs and covered services.
- Refers complex discharge planning issues to other members of the case management team as directed by referral criteria.
- Provides leadership to the health care team to implement the discharge plan and facilitate patient transfer to the next level of care when medically able.
- Obtain from third party payer certification due to patient status change, information needed for discharge.
- Conducts interdisciplinary rounds
- Discuss with attending physician and/or physician advisor the appropriateness of resource utilization, consultation and treatment plan.
- Collect data on variances from quality screening criteria by the Clinical Excellence Council. Report quality concerns to Quality Assurance. Continually ensure and enhance quality outcomes
- Respond to third party requests for concurrent clinical information.
- Complete all necessary forms in a timely manner.
- Act as a liaison/patient advocate and influence interactions to ensure high quality patient care.
- Coordinate appropriate educational material/instruction for patients, families, medical staff, and multi-disciplinary personnel to accomplish patient care outcomes.
- Maintain cost effective utilization of care continuum resources.
- Coordinate with all staff necessary to develop a mechanism to monitor patient progress against guidelines and evaluate variances for individual patients and targeted populations.
- Identify possible delays and avoidable days; work with providers to prevent delays and identify system/provider opportunities for improvement.
- Other duties as assigned
- Minimum Requirements
- Education: Associates degree in nursing or related field or equivalent combination of work experience and education
- Experience: Recent Acute care experience
-
Licensure/Certifications:
- Valid current Arizona Nursing License or compact state license and ability to become Arizona Licensed in 30 days.
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
- NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and others as required by individual department.
-
Preferred Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Experience: Combined bedside and care management experience
- Licensure/Certifications: Certification in specialty area, and/or Case Management
#LI-AL2
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The qualifications that appear most often in registered nurse case manager jobs across Arizona.
- Active Arizona RN license or a license recognized under the Nurse Licensure Compact
- Associate or bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited program required
- Minimum two years of clinical nursing experience, often in acute care or a related setting
- Case Management certification such as CCM or ACM preferred or required by many employers
- Demonstrated experience with utilization review, discharge planning, or care coordination
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems and familiarity with managed care guidelines
Registered Nurse Case Manager Jobs in Arizona: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a registered nurse case manager in Arizona?
To work as a registered nurse case manager in Arizona, you must hold an active RN license issued by the Arizona State Board of Nursing or hold a multistate license recognized under the Nurse Licensure Compact. After passing the NCLEX-RN and gaining clinical experience, most Arizona employers expect at least two years of acute care or specialty background before moving into case management. Earning a case management certification such as the Certified Case Manager credential strengthens your candidacy considerably.
How much do registered nurse case managers make in Arizona?
Registered nurse case managers in Arizona earn a median of about $99,500 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $70,540 for the lowest 10% to over $130,930 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire registered nurse case managers in Arizona?
Employers hiring registered nurse case managers in Arizona right now include Optum, Hospice of the Valley (AZ), and Compassus, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Arizona's concentration of large managed care organizations, integrated health systems, and insurance carriers means consistent demand across both clinical and telephonic case management functions.
Which Arizona cities have the most registered nurse case manager jobs?
Phoenix, Tucson, and Mesa have the most registered nurse case manager openings in Arizona. Phoenix accounts for the largest share given its density of major health system campuses and managed care headquarters, while Tucson and Scottsdale draw consistent hiring from regional medical centers, insurance carriers, and multispecialty group practices that operate across the greater metro area.
Are there remote registered nurse case manager jobs in Arizona?
Yes, but they're less common than in purely administrative roles. About 33% of registered nurse case manager openings tied to Arizona are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, reflecting the role's mix of telephonic care coordination and on-site clinical responsibilities. Telephonic utilization review and disease management positions are the most likely to be offered fully remote by Arizona-based managed care and insurance employers.
How can I get hired as a registered nurse case manager in Arizona with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is transitioning from a bedside clinical role, since most Arizona employers consider acute care, rehabilitation, or home health nursing as direct preparation for case management. Banner Health and Dignity Health run structured nurse residency and care coordination onboarding programs that accept candidates building toward a case management track. Starting as a care coordinator, discharge planning nurse, or utilization review associate at a large Arizona health system or managed care plan is a common lateral move that builds the documentation and coordination skills employers look for.
Where can I find and apply to registered nurse case manager jobs in Arizona?
You can find and apply to registered nurse case manager jobs in Arizona on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Find roles that fit your experience and specialty focus and apply directly to each position.
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