Nurse (Consultant)

Military Treatment Facilities under DHA•El Paso, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. Duties include developing clinical case management, care coordination, and/or discharge planning protocols and procedures to facilitate quality care, healthcare coordination and collaboration, maximize MTF resources, and improve patient outcomes. The role involves assessing and identifying appropriate patient care needs by evaluating high-risk cases, high-utilizers, intensity and complexity of services, health care costs, and non-compliance issues. Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams is essential to ensure appropriate clinical case management activities are met. The position requires implementing clinical case management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition activities to match patients’ needs to available resources within the healthcare facility and community. Organizing and updating internal and community resources is also a key responsibility to provide effective patient management, promote quality outcomes, and reduce costs.

Requirements

Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
A Personnel Security Investigation is required.
This position has specific initial background investigation and periodic re-verification requirements since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age on a recurring basis.
Selectees will be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations or must provide a recognized exemption.
This position is a Testing Designated Position subject to pre-employment screening and random drug testing.
Selectees will be required to consent to participation in random drug urinalysis testing.
Immunization screening is required.
Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact.
Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
Must be able to obtain and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
Applicants must be able to fulfill non-privileged professional credential requirements.
Degree: A graduate or higher level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required.
Licensure: A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; and you must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination.
Foreign Degree: A degree from a Foreign Nursing School. Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools.
A diploma, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in Nursing from a professional nursing program and possession of at least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or above) which includes providing case management, care coordination, and evaluating programs across healthcare systems to ensure continuity of care or medical services for patients.
A PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from a professional nursing educational program or related medical science field.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
You may be required as a condition of employment to take the series of anthrax vaccine immunizations to include annual boosters.
May include other immunizations that may be required for this position/for a position you may fill as an emergency essential alternate.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Nice To Haves

Advanced certification (e.g., ALS) does not supersede BLS.

Responsibilities

Develop clinical case management, care coordination and/or discharge planning protocols and procedures to facilitate quality care, healthcare coordination and collaboration, maximize MTF resources, and improve patient outcomes.
Assess and identify appropriate patient care needs by evaluating high-risk cases, high-utilizers, intensity and complexity of services, health care costs, and non-compliance issues.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, as needed, to ensure that appropriate clinical case management activities are being met.
Implement clinical case management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition activities to match patients’ needs to available resources within the healthcare facility and community.
Organize and update internal and community resources to provide effective patient management, promote quality outcomes, and reduce costs.