Overview

Nurse (Clinical/Case Management)

Welcome to Presidio of Monterey, home of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Located in picturesque Monterey County on California's Central Coast, approximately 85 miles south of San Francisco and 50 miles from the Silicon Valley. With historic ties to the Spanish colonial era, the Presidio of Monterey as U.S. military installation dates to July 7, 1846 when Commodore Sloat landed his troops unopposed in Monterey during the Mexican-American War and first raised the U.S. flag in Alta California, claiming its territories for the United States. Monterey is the last Presidio in California to have an active military installation.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This position is located within the Psychiatry Services at Presidio of Monterey Army Health Clinic in Monterey, California.

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/

Responsibilities

Duties

• Serve as a Nurse Case Manager in order to provide professional case management and health planning services.

• Provide assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, evaluation, and monitoring of patients for health options and services.

• Develop, analyze, integrate, monitor, and manage healthcare delivery systems through communication and the use of resources to promote quality and cost-effective outcomes across the continuum.

• Plan with the patient, the family, the physician/provider, other healthcare providers, and the community to maximize healthcare response and promote quality/cost effective outcomes.

• Educate both the patient and members of the healthcare delivery team about case management, healthcare and treatment options, community resources, insurance benefits, and psychosocial concerns so that informed decisions can be made.

• Empower patients and serve as an advocate for both patients and the healthcare team to facilitate positive outcomes.

• Provide oversight and input to nursing practice matters.

• Identify problems with health care access and utilization in both the military and civilian sectors and recommend alternatives to overcome these difficulties.

• Consult and coordinate with other multi-disciplinary care professionals, agencies, organizations, and other ancillary support systems to assist patients to optimize their level of function and self-care.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

US Citizenship required

Must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; and you must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination.

Must possess and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Must possess agraduate or higher level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program . This education must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.

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Location US-CA-MONTEREY

Job ID 2024-8272

# Positions 1

Category Medical

Salary Range GS-12

Recruitment Bonus Negotiable

Relocation Assistance Negotiable

Student Loan Repayment Negotiable