Case Manager Rn Registered Nurse

• 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