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Utilization Management Nurse, Senior

Blue Shield of CA
United States, California, Oakland
601 12th Street (Show on map)
Feb 27, 2026

Your Role

The Federal Employee Program (FEP) team is committed to providing quality healthcare coverage to federal employees, retirees, and their families. The FEP Prior Authorization Review Utilization Management Nurse will report to the FEP Utilization Management Manager. In this role you will be part of a dynamic team responsible for prior authorization clinical reviews for services and medications for both inpatient and outpatient settings. You will ensure members receive services at the right level of care at the right time, in the right setting, while ensuring services are appropriate, medically necessary, and within their benefit in full collaboration with FEP Care Management. Ultimately contributing to decreasing the cost of healthcare.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience

  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Requires a current California RN License
  • Requires at least 5 years of prior relevant experience
  • Previous experience in utilization management preferred
  • Strong computer skills related to Windows-based programs and applications
  • Varied acute care clinical background
  • Must be able to sit for extended periods of time and read clinical information on one computer screen and apply that information based on criteria or policy on a second computer screen to document the decision

Hybrid Virtual Work

This role allows employees to work virtually full-time, however employees will be expected to come into the office based on business need.

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