Registered Nurse Special Needs Coordinator

Little Rock Air Force Base

Maxmed Healthcare is seeking a fulltime Registered Nurse to provide services to our Military Service members at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, within their Special Needs Program.

Work hours: The clinic hours are from 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.

Our Registered Nurse Special Needs Coordinator (SNC) helps manage the Exceptional Family Member Program/Medical Support to Family Member Relocation and Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP). Which includes the following duties:

• Clinical assessment skills and maintains procedures to identify sponsors whose family members have special medical and educational needs in a timely manner.
• The SNC uses a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach with other key service providers, such as installation youth and childcare facilities, and officer and enlisted spouses groups, to ensure effective outreach and identification of special needs.
• Ensures all active duty sponsors known to the Air Force Personnel Center, and local Military Personnel Section and/or Commander Support staff where applicable, as having family

Please submit your resume.

Licensure/Registration: Maintain an active, valid, current, and unrestricted license (with no limitations, stipulations or pending adverse actions) to practice nursing as a registered nurse in any US state/jurisdiction.

Degree: Baccalaureate degree (BSN) in Nursing.

Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Certifications: Basic Life Support

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years full-time experience in nursing and care coordination after graduation. Must have knowledge and skills to effectively apply SNC functions:
  • Assessment: Identification of patients that need special medical and education needs/management; comprehensive collection of patient information and medical status; and continued evaluation of an established plan of care;
  • Planning: Collaboration with the patient, family/caregiver, primary provider and other members of the health care team for developing an effective plan of care;
  • Facilitation: Care coordination and communication among all involved parties;
  • Advocacy: Support for the patient and family/caregivers to ensure identified education and appropriate, timely care coordination is received.
• Must be knowledgeable in medical privacy and confidentiality (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA]); accreditation standards of Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and The Joint Commission (TJC).
• Must demonstrate ability to communicate effectively both orally and written.
• Must be skillful and tactful in communicating with people who may be physically or mentally ill, uncooperative, fearful, emotionally distraught, and occasionally dangerous.
• Must demonstrate ability to apply critical thinking skills and expertise in resolving complicated healthcare, social, interpersonal and financial patient situations.
• 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.