Registered Nurse - Case Manager - at Vantage Search Group Glendale, AZ

Overview

Registered Nurse - Case Manager - 5054 job at Vantage Search Group. Glendale, AZ. We have a new opening for a Registered Nurse - Case Manager at Luke AFB in Glendale, Arizona.

• 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.

Monday - Friday, 9 hours between 7:00am and 5:30pm, with a one hour lunch. Specific schedule is dependent upon the department. No weekends or holidays.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree: Possess an Associates or Bachelors 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: A minimum of 3 years for ADN or 2 years for BSN full-time experience in clinical case management working with adults, children, families, seniors and groups.
• Certification: Certified Case Manager by Commission for Case Management (CCM) or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
  -OR
  - Certification Eligible with 3 years of experience for ADN or 2 years’ experience for BSN in full time clinical case management with children, families, seniors, or groups.
• Licensure: Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse
• Life Support Certification: Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
• Additional Required Skills and Knowledge: Must have the knowledge and skills to effectively apply the following core case management functions: a) Assessment, b) Planning, c) Facilitation, d) Advocacy.

• Must be knowledgeable in medical privacy and confidentiality (HIPAA); accreditation standards of AAAHC and The Joint Commission (TJC); and computer applications/software to include Microsoft Office programs, MS Outlook (e-mail), and internet familiarity is required.

• Must be skillful and tactful in communicating with people who may be physically or mentally ill, uncooperative, fearful, emotionally distraught, and occasionally dangerous.

• Must possess organization, problem-solving and communication skills to articulate medical requirements to patients, families/care givers, medical and non-medical staff in a professional and courteous way.

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.

Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:

• Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• Medical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, Health Savings Account available, and more
• Annual CME Stipend and License/Certification Reimbursement
• Matching 401K

Base salary: $35.50 - $43.00/hr depending on experience

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