Position: Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager
Type: Full-time
Location: Coronado, CA
Travel:10%
**Contingent Upon Award**Position Summary: The Transition Nurse Case Manager (Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager) provides professional nursing and case management support to Naval Special Warfare Service Members transitioning from military service. The position focuses on reviewing medical needs, coordinating continuity of care, facilitating referrals, supporting healthcare planning, and connecting Service Members with resources that promote successful post-service outcomes. This role serves as a critical link between military healthcare, veteran services, community resources, and transitioning personnel to reduce barriers to healthcare access and improve long-term wellness.
Duties and Responsibilities: - Apply professional nursing principles, practices, and procedures to support case management services.
- Collect, organize, document, and communicate health assessment and care coordination information.
- Develop individualized care management plans with milestones, responsibilities, and care coordination actions.
- Conduct authorized telephonic and virtual case management assessments.
- Establish priorities for case management support and monitor progress toward identified goals.
- Coordinate referrals to healthcare providers, community resources, and authorized support services.
- Collaborate with military, civilian, veteran, and community healthcare providers to support continuity of care.
- Provide health education to Service Members and family members within the nurse's authorized scope of practice.
- Identify quality, utilization, safety, and risk management concerns and report them through established procedures.
- Maintain case management documentation, workload data, metrics, and reports.
- Participate in case reviews, meetings, training events, and coordination activities.
- Assist transitioning Service Members with understanding healthcare transition options, Veterans Affairs resources, and continuity-of-care pathways.
Required Qualifications: - US Citizen
- Valid U.S. driver's license
- Must hold an active Secret Security
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
- License: A current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or U.S. territory.
- Certification: Case-management certification from a recognized certifying organization, such as the Commission for Case Manager Certification, American Case Management Association, or American Nurses Credentialing Center; alternatively, the Contractor may permit the employee to obtain the certification within one year of employment if approved by the Government. [AT1.1]
- Experience: At least two years of professional nursing experience.
- Experience: Demonstrated knowledge of patient education, care coordination, case management, and management of complex medical, psychosocial, and financial issues.
- Experience: Demonstrated ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with patients, families, health care providers, outside agencies, vendors, Military Health System stakeholders, and Government personnel.
- Experience: Knowledge of applicable professional ethics, standards of practice, and relevant Federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
Physical Demands and Work Environment: While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, listen, and write. The employee frequently is required to use foot/ankle motions, hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be the best qualified for the position and successfully perform the functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made (if possible) to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
Disclaimer: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
