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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager

Registered NurseIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$38.2-$57.3/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Department: 11210 Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center - Social Services

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Hours Per Week

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information

M-F, some weekends and holidays, 8-1630.

Pay Range

  • $38.20 - $57.30
  • Registered Nurse (RN) – RN Case Manager inpatient St Lukes

Where You Will Work

Milwaukee, WI, United States Centrally located in the south side of Milwaukee

Help patients transition safely through their hospital stay. Partner with patients, families, and the care team to assess needs, coordinate services, plan discharges, and support utilization management.

We’re Looking For

License/Registration/Certification: Registered Nurse License issued by the state in which the Team Member practices.

Level of Education: preferred Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Years of Experience: 2 years of clinical nursing experience

What You’ll Do

  • Conduct comprehensive assessments and create timely care plans & interventions
  • Collaborate and negotiate with patients/families and the multidisciplinary team to meet goals and preferences
  • Provide continuity of care and discharge planning aligned with regulatory standards
  • Coordinate smooth transfers and handoffs across units and settings
  • Deliver case management services (healthcare access, finances, housing, family dynamics, illness adjustment) using community resources
  • Initiate internal/external referrals; document discharge planning and UM activities accurately and on time
  • Perform concurrent/retrospective reviews using approved criteria
  • Partner closely with Social Work and support staff to implement safe, effective plans of care
  • Identify and remove barriers to discharge; expedite care delivery and report care coordination/UM outcomes

Collaborate with managers, physicians, medical directors, and physician advisors on status, progression of care, and regulatory compliance

Complete UM activities (payer updates, data collection, denials coordination, avoidable delay management); deliver CMS notices within required timeframes

  • Build relationships with community agencies; collaborate with Ambulatory Care Management/Continuing Health
  • Educate staff on admission status, acute care criteria, UM, care coordination, discharge planning, and regulatory requirements
  • Provide age-appropriate care per departmental standards

About This Location

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center is a 938-bed, quaternary acute care community hospital that provides advanced health care expertise.

The organization offers leading edge oncology, cardiovascular and neurology therapies for primarily adult patients. Nursing professional governance is a particular organizational strength, with over 40 years of experience in clinical nurse shared decision making. Aurora St.

  • Luke’s has been recognized for Nursing Excellence by the American
  • Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program® since
  • 2001, most recently celebrating our 6th consecutive designation in
  • February 2024.

Be the Nurse Who Redefines Care.

At Advocate Health, being a nurse means more than delivering exceptional clinical care—it means leading with purpose, compassion, and boldness.

As part of our One Advocate Nurse community, you’ll join a unified team committed to lifting others up, embracing innovation, and creating inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive. You’ll be empowered to think boldly, collaborate with humility, and drive change through fearless curiosity.

Whether you're at the bedside, in the community, or advancing care through research and education, you’ll help shape the future of health—because here, we’re redefining care for you, for us, for all.

Your feedback matters. Every nurse’s voice is vital in shaping our culture and improving care. We value your insights and experiences because they help us grow stronger together.

Ready to Take the Next Step

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
  • Benefits and more

Paid Time Off Programs

  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e. g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health.

Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise.

It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs.

Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs.

Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Key Responsibilities

The RN Case Manager coordinates patient transitions through the hospital stay by assessing needs, developing care plans, and facilitating discharge planning. They collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure regulatory compliance and effective utilization management.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a valid Registered Nurse license and have at least two years of clinical nursing experience. A Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is preferred for this position.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Care planningPatient assessmentMultidisciplinary collaborationDocumentationReferral coordinationPatient advocacyHealth educationCMS notice delivery

Case Management — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 39 active Nurse Case Manager listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 59% have no call, 85% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$99k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $106k in an average-cost state. 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Nurse Case Manager listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,789 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Milwaukee

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$236k
Typical market rent
$1,477/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.9
State income tax
Up to 7.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Advocate Health

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10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts
Adoption Assistance
Paid Parental Leave