This course is designed for nurses looking to pivot from the bedside into a fulfilling career as a Workers’ Compensation Case Manager (WCCM). It provides a structured pathway to understanding the role, responsibilities, and opportunities within this field while equipping participants with the necessary skills to make a seamless transition.
This is the first of 3 courses, that will prepare you to confidently step into this new role, by providing the theory, mentorship, and real-life experiences you need, as an Intern, working in a case management company.
For nurses seeking a non-bedside role that still allows them to leverage their clinical expertise, WCCM offers:
✅ A Balanced Work-Life Schedule – Most roles are remote or hybrid with regular business hours.
✅ Less Physical Demand – No lifting, long shifts, or physically exhausting bedside tasks.
✅ Continued Patient Impact – Help injured workers navigate their recovery, coordinate care, and ensure they receive appropriate treatment.
✅ Competitive Pay & Career Growth – WCCMs often earn salaries comparable to or higher than bedside nursing, with opportunities to advance into leadership roles.
✅ Diverse Work Settings – Opportunities in insurance companies, third-party administrators (TPAs), healthcare providers, and self-insured employers.
Why Take This Course?
This program is tailored specifically for nurses who want to apply their medical knowledge in a less stressful, yet impactful, setting. It offers:
• A step-by-step roadmap to entering the field.
• Real-world case studies to apply learning.
• Guidance on certification and career progression.
• Job search strategies and connections to help secure a position
Learning Objectives:
Learn the basics of the Workers Compensation Industry
Understand ‘Who’s Who’ In the Workers Compensation Industry
Explain the role of the Nurse Case Manager in the Workers Comp Industry
Discuss the impact of a Work Comp Injury on the injured worker, their family, the employer and the payor
Describe the process of Return to Work
Explore resources for workers compensation nurse case managers
There are 5 Courses within this Introductory Series.
About the Instructors:
Anne Llewellyn MS, BHSA, RN, CRRN, CMGT-BC, BCPA, FCM, is a registered nurse with over forty-six years of experience in critical care, risk management, case management, patient advocacy, healthcare publications and training and development. Anne was the President of the Case Management Society of America 2003-4. She was awarded the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 for her service to the case management industry.
She is a founding member of the Case Management Fellowship Program that was rolled out in 2021.
As a catastrophic nurse case manager, she has worked in various settings for large case management companies and as an independent nurse case managers in the area of workers compensation. Anne writes a weekly Blog, Nurses Advocates to share stories and experiences to help people be better prepared to self-advocate when they enter the complex healthcare system. She also writes a weekly column for Workers Compenstion.com focused on Nurse Case Managers in the workers compensation industry.
Lori Schellenberg RN CCM has been a Registered Nurse for 44 years and a Certified Case Manager, in Worker’s Compensation, for over 20 years. She learned about Worker’s Compensation first from the Employers side, as an Occupational Health Nurse, developing an Occupational Program for a very large manufacturing facility. There she learned about safety, return to work, and the insurance process. This led her to transition to Worker’s Compensation Case Management. In that role she worked for several case management companies, managing cases, developing programs and marketing those programs. She set case management standards and helped launch quality initiatives. She developed orientation and training programs for new case managers and mentored them. Lastly, she worked on the provider side, developing and implementing a Worker’s Compensation Program for an Orthopedic Surgeon.
Lori is the Founder of Stepping Stone Advocacy Services.
