Registered Nurse - Case Manager - 5048

We have a new opening for a Registered Nurse - Case Manager at the Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, California.

Job Specific Responsibilities and Tasks :  Duties may include but are not limited to :

Core Duties :

• 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, CM software, 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.

Schedule :

Monday - Friday, 8.5 hours between 7 : 00am and 6 : 30pm

No Weekends, No Holidays

No Call, No Call-Back

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications :

Degree : Possess a Associates degree of Nursing from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Experience : Possess a minimum of 1 year post-grad clinical RN experience within the past 2 years.

Certification : Possess or obtain within 18 months of employment, one of the following certifications :

Licensure : Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse

Life Support Certification : Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.

Security : Must possess ability to pass a Government background check / security clearance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.

Benefits

Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits :

Base salary : $60.00 - $75.00 / hr depending on experience

Sign-on Bonus : $2,000 paid with first paycheck!