Registered Nurse Coordinator PRN

Overview

ADVANCED CHENEGA SERVICES, LLC

San Diego Naval Medical Center

The Vision Care Coordinator provides onsite support for the coordination of vision health care in the DoD Military Health System and the VA Health System

Responsibilities

• Provide support for those with vision-threatening conditions such as ocular trauma and other vision loss injuries by ensuring that the service member or beneficiary receives timely and appropriate vision care by directing the cooperation of vision care specialists and the movement of the patient through the health system.
• Provide support for other beneficiaries with high-risk conditions, such as retinopathy of prematurity.
• Create a nationwide coordination network with military hospitals, clinics, and VA facilities across the United States and overseas to assist with ocular care management needs.
• Arrange eye care for patients: (i.e. manage referrals, movement of patients, follow-ups, monitoring performance metrics) to facilitate the transfer of patients between the Military Treatment Facilities (MTF) and between allied healthcare providers such as the VA health system in support of the DoD vision care coordination program.
• Required to travel within the Continental United States (CONUS) and within the National Capitol Region (NCR) to attend meetings, conferences, and training.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years of clinical experience as a health care coordinator, social worker, case manager, or registered nurse. 
• Possess and maintain an active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in a U.S. state or territory, as required for contract performance.
• Active federal government background check within last 6 (six) months.

Preferred Qualification

• Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (BSN)
• Registered Nurse experience with demonstrated experience in care coordination or case management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience with MHS GENESIS electronic health records is preferrable
• Experience working with ophthalmology, optometry, low vision patients.
• Possess skilled with data collection and reporting.

Physical Demands: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Estimated Salary/Wage

Up to USD $60.00/Hr.