Lead Care Manager
Centene Corporation · Nicaragua
Utilization Review
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physician
Nurse
Demand82
Career growth65
Healthcare fit78
Remote potential72
Salary band
USD 87k – 161k
5-year outlook
Payer care-management lead roles tend to offer stable compensation with potential to move into manager, director, quality, or NCQA-focused roles; exact pay depends on state, license type, and contract requirements.
Clinical license
Required
Applicant reach
moderate
Seniority
lead
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-10-27
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Side income
- Classified as side-income friendly
- Engagement type
- Contract
- Hours
- Part-time
- Profession fit
- physician, Nurse
- Rate period
- Annual
Why this was classified this way
- contract
- part-time
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Why this is worth applying to
Good fit for licensed behavioral health clinicians or RNs with care-management experience who want payer-side, non-clinical work with complex members and quality oversight. It is less suitable for early-career clinicians or those without behavioral health or managed-care exposure.
Who should apply
LCSW/LMSW/LMFT/LMHC/LPC clinicians with complex care or behavioral health case-management experience; RNs with behavioral health experience; clinicians with payer, NCQA, quality, or care-coordination backgrounds.
CV angle
Reframe real clinical work as care management: complex caseload ownership, behavioral health triage, care-plan development, social-determinant screening, interdisciplinary collaboration, documentation/compliance, quality metrics, audits, and provider/member education. Emphasize any managed-care, NCQA, utilization, or payer-facing experience without inventing non-clinical titles.
Skills to highlight
- Complex care management
- Behavioral health triage
- Care plan development
- NCQA and regulatory compliance
- Social determinants of health
- Quality metrics and audits
- Telephonic/member outreach
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
Role summary
A payer-based lead care manager role at Centene overseeing complex member care plans, behavioral health and social-determinant needs, care gaps, compliance, quality metrics, and team/provider education. Requires an active behavioral health license or RN credential plus 5-7 years of related experience.
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