(Archived) Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager

Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager job in Twentynine Palms, California.

The job is a civilian position within the extensive military medical system. Civilian and military personnel work together in hospitals and clinics providing a full range of services to the active duty military service members, military retirees, and their families.

Our employees are our best assets! Come join our team of healthcare professionals where you are valued.

• Monday-Friday days
• Full-time hours
• PTO - fantastic accrual rate
• Paid holidays
• Competitive Compensation
• Benefit Package (health, dental, and vision plans)

Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager Job Overview:

• Focuses on care and treatment to injured and ill service members, studies, case managers, inspections, policies, and other initiatives to improve the management of wounded personnel.
• Maintain adherence to Joint Commission, URAC, Case Management Society of America (CMSA), and other regulatory requirements. Apply medical care criteria (e.g., InterQual).
• Provide input on MTF CM resources and make recommendations to the Command as to how those resources can best be utilized.
• Work in conjunction with the entire healthcare team and other departments, to identify high-risk and/or high-utilizer populations to include but not limited to those beneficiaries with multiple providers, multiple admissions/readmissions, Emergency Department visits, catastrophic illness, chronic or terminal illness, and multiple medical problems/dual diagnoses.
• Provide case management advice and consultation
• Collaborate with other members of the healthcare team, the patient and/ family/support system on a regular basis to establish and update the case management plan of care using evidenced-based guidelines (when available and/or applicable).
• Identify measurable short-and long-term goals/outcomes of care with matching strategies to achieve optimal wellness and autonomy (self- management). Incorporate the patient's cultural background, values and beliefs, readiness to learn and healthcare needs across the continuum of careinto the plan.
• Provide the patient/ family with the knowledge and skills necessary for the implementation of the established plan. Facilitate patient and family decision-making activities by keeping them well informed of their rights, responsibilities and options. When indicated, follow patients through hospitalization and follows up in ambulatory and community health care settings.
• Actively measure the patient's response to the evidence-based plan of care and provide documentation that the plan and the quality of the services offered to the patient correspond to the identified needs.
• Ensure appropriate health care instruction to patient and/or caregivers based on identified learning needs.
• Facilitate multidisciplinary discharge planning and other professional staff meetings as indicated for complex patient cases and develop a database and knowledge of local community resources.
• Develop and implement mechanisms to evaluate the patient, family and provider satisfaction and use of resources and services in a quality-conscious, cost-effective manner.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team members to set patient-specific goals. Develop treatment plans including preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, psychosocial, and clinical interventions to ensure continuity of care toward the goal of optimal wellness.
• Close cases when goals are met, patient declines service, patient transitions to another case manager or patient needs are no longer identified.
• Provide case management orientation and education for other case managers new to the role and/or facility providing scientific and practice-based knowledge per the Case Manager Core Competencies.
• Provide support to other case managers, including managing caseloads during absences.
• Facilitate and coordinate strategies to ensure smooth transition and continued health care treatment for patients when the military member transfers out of the area. Develop a policy for, and assist with, region-to-region transfers. This shall include coordination of required tests, procedures, treatments, discharge planning, community referrals, and transfers.
• Facilitate screening and assist with transfers of Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) families and service members going through the Integrated Disability and Evaluation System (IDES).

Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager Job Qualifications:

• BLS
• RN Licensure: active, current, unrestricted. Any U.S. state.
• Associates Degree of NursingGraduate from a college or university accredited by NLNAC or CCNE
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a RNCM within the past 3 years

• Certification: Possess one of the following certifications: o Commission for Case Manager Certification Certified Case Manager (CCM)

• • o Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission: Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS)

    o Association of Rehabilitation Nurses: Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN)

    o American Board for Occupational Health Nurses Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN) or Certified Occupational Health Nurse-Specialist (COHN-S).

    o National Board for Certification in Continuity of Care: Advanced Certification in Continuity of Care (ACCC)

    o Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification: Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)

    o American Nurses Credentialing Center Nurse Case Manager (RN-NCM)

    o National Academy of Certified Care Managers: Care Manager Certified (CMC)

Position contingent on contract award with a Fall start date. Incumbents HIGHLY encourage to contact us! Come join our team of healthcare professionals!