Registered Nurse - Case Manager

Currently recruiting a Registered Nurse - Case Manager to provide care to active duty military members and their families at the Intrepid Spirit Center, Fort Campbell, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The Registered Nurse - Case Manager is a full-time position, 80 hours per two weeks, 8 or 10 hour day shifts, Mon. - Fri., between 6 : 00 AM to 6 : 00 PM. Full benefits, including 22 days paid vacation / sick leave and 11 paid Federal holidays.\n\nDUTIES OF THE REGISTERED NURSE - CASE MANAGER : \n

• Provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients.\n
• Provide patient management, care coordination, and discharge / disposition planning for outpatient settings.\n
• Assist family members and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs. This includes, but is not limited to, acute, chronic, multiple, complex, catastrophic, or life-threatening illnesses;combat stress, residuals of traumatic brain injury;community adjustment;addictions and other health problems.\n
• Coordinate care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care.\n
• Address psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families / caregivers, through participation in interdisciplinary patient care management practices.\n
• Evaluate care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provisions of services.\n
• Coordinate and implements discharge plans by arranging for transition to the next level of care, in compliance with the multidisciplinary treatment plan.\n
• Be responsible for documenting outcomes at the program or service level.\n
• Execute position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care.\n
• Evaluate outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.\n
• Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.\n
• Comply with regulatory, MTF, and Joint Commission quality inspection / peer review / utilization management requirements, and applicable system applications.\n
• Complete training to obtain knowledge and maintain competency in the following systems : \n
• MHS Genesis, Dragon dictation software, and Microsoft Office programs.\n
• Contractor employees shall prepare all documentation to meet or exceed established MTF standards, to include, but not limited to : timeliness, accuracy, content, and signature. Contractor employees shall only use DoD approved abbreviations for documentation in the patient health records. (DoDI 6025.13 and DoDM 6055.05)\n
• Document and close notes in MHS Genesis within three (3) business days of patient\n
• encounters.\n
• Respond to beneficiary messages submitted and received in the MHS Genesis secure portal systems within one (1) business day.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS OF THE REGISTERED NURSE - CASE MANAGER : \n
• Degree / Education : Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or individuals attending a master s level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor s level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of acurrent, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree / entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree / entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware.\n
• Equivalency Determination Request : The Contractor may request an equivalency determination as a substitute for education requirements on this labor category.\n
• Certifications : Basic Life Support\n
• Board Certification : Possess one of the following certifications : \n
• Commission for Case Manager Certification Certified Case Manager (CCM)\n
• Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission : Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS)\n
• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN)\n
• American Board for Occupational Health Nurses Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN) or Certified Occupational Health Nurse-Specialist (COHN- S)\n
• National Board for Certification in Continuity of Care (Advanced Certification in Continuity of Care (ACCC)\n
• Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)\n
• American Nurses Credentialing Center Nurse Case Manager (RN-NCM)\n
• National Academy of Certified Care Managers (Care Manager Certified (CMC)).\n
• Licensure : Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.E., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.\n
• Internship / Residency : N / A\n
• Experience : One year of experience in nursing as identified in after graduation.\n
• Must be a U.S. Citizen (for access to Gov't computer systems).\n\nCOMPENSATION & BENEFITS OF THE REGISTERED NURSE - CASE MANAGER : \n
• Competitive starting salary\n
• 22 days paid vacation per year!\n
• 11 paid Federal holidays per year\n
• Health & Welfare benefit contributes toward health insurance and short- and long-term disability\n
• Dental & Vision plans, 401(K)\n\nABOUT THE ARORA GROUP : \n\nThe Arora Group is an award-winning, Joint Commission-certified nationwide healthcare services company that, for over 30 years, has provided medical care for the men and women who serve our country in the U.S. Armed Forces. Our mission is to provide world-class care and give our healthcare professionals opportunities to improve their skills, learn from the best, and serve the needs of active duty service members, their families, and veterans.