(Archived) Registered Nurse - Disease Manager

Loyal Source Government Services is currently hiring multiple RN - Disease Managers at Travis AFB in Fairfield, CA. To apply please contact Cassandra Reschke at [Register to View] x102 or by email at [Register to View] This opportunity at Travis Air Force Base offers a Registered Nurse - Disease Manager excellent stability, great compensation and benefits packages and a great work environment serving a patient population of active duty Air Force members and their beneficiaries. Company Info: Loyal Source Government Services prides itself on providing elite medical services to the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and other federal agencies. Loyal Source is a prime contract holder on the Air Force medical services contract and is currently hiring all medical specialties throughout the United States. As a member of the Loyal Source team you will have the unique opportunity to provide healthcare to the men and women who protect and serve our country along with their families. In addition to this great honor, Loyal Source provides excellent compensation and benefits. For more company information please visit our website at [Register to View] OUR NAME “Loyalty is willing in that it is freely given, not coerced. It is chosen after personal consideration, not something that one is born into. Loyalty is practical in that it is practiced. It is actively engaged upon, not passively expressed merely as a strong feeling about something. Loyalty is thoroughgoing in that it is not merely a casual interest but a wholehearted commitment to a cause." -Royce QUALIFICATIONS: - Must be knowledgeable of clinical and administrative theories, principles, practices, and procedures underlying nursing practice; a wide range of medical disorders/conditions and disease processes across the lifespan to include pediatrics, adolescence, adults, obstetrics, and geriatrics; assessing patients, including the ability to assess/evaluate telephonically; preventive health schedules, procedures, processes and education methods; disease management and population health principles to include primary, secondary and tertiary prevention protocols; a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations; computer applications/software to include Microsoft Office programs, MS Outlook (e-mail), and internet; and problem-solving techniques to articulate medical requirements to patients, families/care givers, medical and non-medical staff in a professional and courteous way. - Must be skilled in analyzing and defining healthcare needs of a defined population using standardized assessment tools; administrative requirements for proper documentation of patient’s condition including disease progress, acknowledgement of teaching, and follow up care; communicating with people who may be physically or mentally ill, uncooperative, fearful, emotionally distraught, and occasionally dangerous; applying critical thinking skills and expertise in resolving complicated healthcare, social, interpersonal and financial patient situations. - Education. Shall be a graduate from an associate (ADN) or baccalaureate degree (BSN) program in nursing accredited by a national nursing accrediting agency recognized by the US Department of Education. - License. Maintain an active, valid, current, and unrestricted license (with no limitations, stipulations or pending adverse actions) to practice nursing as a registered nurse in any US state/jurisdiction. - Experience. A minimum of 3 years for ADN/2 years for BSN full-time experience in management of patient populations with prevalent and chronic diseases. Certification. Certification in disease-management related area such as: Chronic Care Professional (CCP) by Health Sciences Institute or Certified Health Coach (CHC) by National Society of Health Coaches; or a patient education body such as: Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) by National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators or Certified Asthma Educator (AE-C) by National Asthma Educator Certification Board; -OR- can be certification eligible with 3 years for ADN or 2 years for BSN of full-time disease management experience.