Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager w/bonus - 5386

Vantage Search Group•Fort Walton Beach, FL

1d•$32 - $38•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) - Case Manager participates in all phases of the Case Management Program (CMP) and ensures it meets established case management standards of care. The role provides nursing expertise throughout the case management process, including assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring. It identifies opportunities for case management and integrates local processes and strategies across inpatient, outpatient, onsite, and telephonic settings. The Case Manager develops tools and resources to support case management, integrates case management with utilization management and social work case management, and maintains liaison with community agencies and organizations. The position collects and documents patient care data, develops treatment plans to support continuity of care and optimal wellness, ensures plan implementation and post-discharge follow-up, and provides health care instruction to patients and caregivers based on identified learning needs. The schedule is Monday through Friday, nine hours between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., including a one-hour lunch. Weekends and holidays are not required. The position is based at Hurlburt Field near Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Requirements

Associate or bachelor's degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
At least 1 year of recent, full-time post-graduate clinical experience as an RN Case Manager.
Current, full, active, and unrestricted Registered Nurse license.
Current AHA or ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
Must be able to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
Must submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test if selected for employment.
One of the following case manager certifications is required: CCM, CDMS, CRRN, COHN, COHN-S, ACCC, CRC, RN-NCM, or CMC.

Responsibilities

Participate in all phases of the Case Management Program and ensure it meets established case management standards of care.
Provide nursing expertise in case management 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 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 with preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, psychosocial, and clinical interventions to support continuity of care and optimal wellness.
Establish mechanisms for implementing patient treatment plans and providing 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.