Registered Nurse - Case Manager w/sign-on bonus - 5403

Vantage Search Group•Twentynine Palms, CA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse - Case Manager will support the Case Management Program at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, California. The role participates in all phases of the program and helps ensure it meets established case management standards of care. The nurse provides expertise across assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring, and develops local case management strategies and tools to support patient identification, assessment, care coordination, and continuity of care. The position integrates nursing case management with utilization management and social work case management, and maintains relationships with relevant community agencies and organizations. The nurse develops treatment plans and ensures their implementation and post-discharge follow-up in ambulatory and community health care settings, while providing health care instruction to patients and caregivers according to identified learning needs. Schedule: Monday through Friday, working 8.5 hours between 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. No weekends, holidays, call, or call-back requirements. Base salary is $60.00–$67.00 per hour, depending on experience. A $5,000 sign-on bonus is paid with the first paycheck.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
At least 1 year of post-graduate clinical RN experience within the past 2 years.
Current, full, active, and unrestricted Registered Nurse license.
Current AHA or ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
Ability to pass a government background check/security clearance.
Possess or obtain within 18 months of employment one of the listed case management, disability management, rehabilitation, occupational health, continuity of care, rehabilitation counseling, nurse case management, or care management certifications.
Selected applicants must submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.

Responsibilities

Participate in all phases of the Case Management Program and ensure it meets established case management standards of care.
Provide nursing expertise throughout the case management process, including assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring.
Identify opportunities for case management and identify and integrate local case management processes.
Develop and implement local strategies using inpatient, outpatient, onsite, and telephonic case management.
Develop and implement case management tools, including patient identification and assessment tools, clinical practice guidelines, algorithms, case management software, and community-resource databases.
Integrate case management with utilization management and integrate 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 incorporating preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, psychosocial, and clinical interventions to support continuity of care and optimal wellness.
Establish mechanisms to ensure proper implementation of patient treatment plans and post-discharge follow-up in ambulatory and community health care settings.
Provide health care instruction to patients and/or caregivers based on identified learning needs.