Case Manager RN Registered Nurse

Description

• Location: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX
• Pay Rate: $40.00/hour
• Sign-On Bonus: $1,000
• Schedule: Work shifts will be between 0700 - 1630, Monday through Friday; Normal work schedules will be 9-hour shifts, to include a 1-hour non-paid lunch each day, not to exceed 40 hours per week or 80 hours per two weeks

Degree/Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Nursing Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)

Experience:

A minimum of 2 years as a RN with full-time experience in utilization management/utilization review or in broad-based clinical nursing and clinical case management working with adults, children, families, seniors and groups within the last 3 years.

Have completed 30 hours of continuing education in nursing within the last 3 years.

Licensure/Registration: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse

Job Responsibilities

• Participate in all phases of the Case Management Program (CMP) and ensure that the CMP meets established case management (CM) standards of care
• Provide nursing expertise about the CM process, including assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring. Identify opportunities for CM and identify and integrate local CM processes
• Develop and implement local strategies using inpatient, outpatient, onsite and telephonic CM
• Develop and implement tools to support case management, such as those used for patient identification and patient assessment, clinical practice guidelines, algorithms, CMsoftware, and databases for community resources
• Integrate CM and utilization management (UM) and integrating nursing case management with social work case management
• Maintain liaison with appropriate community agencies and organizations.
• Accurately collect and document patient care data
• Develop treatment plans including preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, psychosocial, and clinical interventions to ensure continuity of care toward the goal of optimal wellness
• Establish mechanisms to ensure proper implementation of patient treatment plan and follow-up post discharge in ambulatory and community health care settings
• Provide appropriate health care instruction to patient and/or caregivers based on identified learning needs
• Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals
• Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness
• Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the MTF
• Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations
• Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization
• Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate
• Perform nursing services identified in the TO
• Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes

Position Requirements

Compensation

EOE Statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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