Registered Nurse - Case Management w/BONUS - 5155

We have a new opening for a Registered Nurse - Case Management at Mountain Home AFB in Arizona.

Job Specific Details and Tasks:

• Coordinates and participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, designated facility meetings, and Care Coordination meetings. Shares knowledge and experiences gained from own clinical nursing practice and education relevant to nursing and case management.
• Participates in the orientation and training of other staff. May serve on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility.
• Must maintain a level of productivity and quality consistent with the complexity of the assignment; facility policies and guidelines; established principles, ethics and standards of practice of professional nursing; the Case Management Society of America (CMSA); The Joint Commission (TJC); Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI); and other applicable DoD, DHA, and service-specific guidance and policies. Must also comply with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program, Infection Control and Safety policies and procedures.
• Follows applicable Facility/AF/DHA/DoD instructions, policies, and guidelines.
• Completes medical record documentation and coding, and designated tracking logs and data reporting as required by local Facility/AF/DHA/DoD instructions, policies, and guidance.
• Completes all required electronic medical record training, Facility-specific orientation programs, and AF/DoD mandated Case Management training programs, and AF/DHA/DoD mandated Case Management training.
• 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, CM software, 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.

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 9 hours between 7:00am and 5:00pm, with a one hour lunch

No weekends or holidays

No on call or call back 

Minimum Qualifications:

Degree: Possess an Associate or Bachelors degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Experience: A minimum of three years of post-grad clinical experience as a registered nurse in a direct patient care clinical setting, with 24 months of case management experience. 

Certification: Must possess one of the following certificates - Commission for Case Manager Certification Certified Case Manager (CCM), Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission: Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS), Association of Rehabilitation Nurses: Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN), American Board for Occupational Health Nurses Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN) or Certified Occupational Health Nurse-Specialist (COHN-S), National Board for Certification in Continuity of Care: Advanced Certification in Continuity of Care (ACCC), Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification: Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), American Nurses Credentialing Center Nurse Case Manager (RN-NCM), or National Academy of Certified Care Managers: Care Manager Certified (CMC).

Licensure: Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse from any state.

Life Support Certification: Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.

Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test. 

Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:

• Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal Holidays

• Medical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, Health Savings Account available, and more
• Annual CME Stipend and License/Certification Reimbursement
• Matching 401K

Base salary: $33.00 - $44.00/hr depending on experience

Sign-on Bonus: $2,000 paid with first paycheck!