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Registered Nurse – Surgical Case Reviewer
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- Provides a clinical review and administrative support for the DoD’s implementation of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality.
- Identifies surgical patients for inclusion in the program registry through the application of strict program inclusion/exclusion criterion and randomization protocol.
- Performs chart abstraction to collect pre-operative, operative, and post-operative data components for the program through the effective utilization of the hospital medical record system.
- Attends weekly Morbidity & Mortality conferences to ensure reliable data collection of postoperative occurrences.
- Creates and submits the weekly site accrual report on the website; responds to accrual report alerts.
- Contacts patients and/or families via telephone and/or written communications post-operatively for the purpose of identifying possible occurrences associated with surgical procedures performed at the hospital.
- Degree: Associates Degree of Nursing.
- Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Experience: Current experience required is three years within the last four years as a registered nurse with knowledge of and training in operating room or perioperative nursing.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse.
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Registered Nurse – Referral Management Center
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- Conduct reviews for medical necessity, preauthorization, medical appeals, collection and recovery from insurance carriers, and right of first refusal activities.
- Monitors specialty care referrals for appropriateness, covered benefit, and authorized hospital procedures and Access to Care standards for 90% of all referrals.
- Orients and instructs other Referral Management Center (RMC) staff.
- Assists in locating specialty providers in routine or STAT situations.
- Coordinates with SGH for all active, reserve and guard referrals not covered under the TRICARE benefit for approval.
- Reviews and enters first right of refusal referrals into CHCS and database within one (1) business day of the date of the referral for proper processing in attempts to recapture workload from the network to the MTF.
- Ensures summaries for all specialty referrals scheduled within the MTF are closed out in the referral database and given to the requesting provider within 72 hours.
- Processes the TRICARE Regional Office reconciliation report daily, identifies all open referrals and ensures resubmission. Ensures all referrals are reviewed and dispositioned in the appropriate manner (both electronically and manually).
- Prepares and submits monthly reports from encounter forms and ad hoc reports.
- Participates in in-services and continuing education programs. Briefs applicable data/slides to provider staff, executive staff, newcomers, as appropriate.
- Degree: Associates Degree of Nursing.
- Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Experience: Current experience required is three years within the last four years as a registered nurse.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse.
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Registered Nurse - Medical Evaluation Board Liaison
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- Plans and completes necessary MEB process activities from the time of notification of the need to evaluate an active-duty member’s fitness for duty until a disposition is made by the Secretary of the Service.
- Track treatment of patients with pending MEBs to ascertain all clinical information is available to the primary care manager. These clinical documents will be reviewed for completeness and accuracy.
- Works closely with the Beneficiary Service Representative (i.e. Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer - PEBLO) and the Medical Evaluation Board Clerk to facilitate expeditious processing of active MEBs.
- Schedules follow-up appointments, ancillary services, and meetings as necessary.
- Actively coordinates treatment plans with private and federal sector health care providers; interfacing with the patient, commander and MTF staff.
- Attends Deployment Availability Working Group (DAWG), local MEB meetings and other meetings necessary to job function.
- Degree: Associates Degree of Nursing.
- Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Experience: Current experience required is three years within the last four years as a registered nurse.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse.
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Registered Nurse - Case Manager
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- 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.
- Degree: Associates Degree of Nursing.
- Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or as otherwise outlined in the TO.
- Certification: Possess one of the following certifications:
- Commission for Case Manager Certification Certified Case Manager (CCM)
- Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission: Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS)
- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses: Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN)
- American Board for Occupational Health Nurses Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN) or Certified Occupational Health Nurse-Specialist (COHN-S).
- National Board for Certification in Continuity of Care: Advanced Certification in Continuity of Care (ACCC)
- Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification: Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center Nurse Case Manager (RN-NCM)
- National Academy of Certified Care Managers: Care Manager Certified (CMC)
- Experience: Current experience requirement is three years of in the last four years as a registered nurse case manager.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
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Registered Nurse
Place of Performance: Japan
General Description:
Includes, but not limited to: Psychiatric-Mental Health; Psychiatric Primary Care.
Specific Tasks:
- Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals. Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness.
- Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the MTF.
- Perform physical exam and health histories.
- Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
- Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions.
- Direct and supervise care provide by other healthcare professionals.
- Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.
- Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
- Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
- Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
- Perform nursing services identified in the TO.
- Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.
- Degree: Associates Degree of Nursing.
- Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Experience: One year of experience within the last two years as a registered nurse.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
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Nurse Practitioner (Advanced Practice Nurse)
Place of Performance: Japan
General Description:
Includes, but not limited to: Nurse Practitioner in the following areas: Psychiatric-Mental Health; Psychiatric Primary Care.
Specific Tasks:
- Provide a full range of outcome-based nurse practitioner services in accordance with privileges granted by the MTF (e.g., supervise and provide general screening and medical care and examinations of patients for routine, acute and chronic conditions involving any and all organ systems; provide immunizations; diagnose, treat, and counsel patients as indicated).
- Technically direct and teach other staff, provide evidenced-based educational lectures and participate in in-service training to staff members.
- Diagnose and treat patients with common acute conditions, chronic illnesses, or minor trauma within accepted protocols, clinical practice guidelines, Nurse Practice Acts, and/or in consultation with a physician.
- Promote preventive care and health maintenance including annual physicals, positive health behaviors and self-care through both formal and individual education and counseling.
- Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
- Recognize conditions that require isolation and ensure universal precautions are used in all patient encounters.
- Attend staff meetings to provide case discussion, continuing education, and continuous quality improvement and safety.
- Degree: Master's degree in nursing.
- Education: Graduate from an academic program, within the nursing specialty field of study that is accredited by a regional or national nursing accrediting agency recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Certification: Certified in the specialty required by the TO as a Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the recognized national nursing certification organization for the specialty area of practice as appropriate (for example, National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses, American Nurses Association, National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Specialties).
- Experience: As required to meet clinical competency requirements specified in the credentialing instructions.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse.
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Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- Initiate, perform and complete assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
- Complete assigned patient care based on the patients’ conditions, use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments, and accurately recognize, report, and record relevant patient information.
- Observe, identify, and respond to the patient’s needs for care, including medication, equipment-assisted care, and patient/family education.
- Prepare and administer prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous) and perform treatments according to established policies/procedures.
- Recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance of the RN and/or MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed.
- Perform support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures, which include preparing the patient, assisting in the diagnostic examination, preparing, and handling specialized instruments or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the patient’s condition before, during, and following the procedure.
- Orient peers and ancillary personnel to unit policies and procedures, skills, and standards of practice.
- Integrate healthy work environment principles that result in improved patient healthcare delivery, education of patients and their families and employee satisfaction.
- Degree: Certificate.
- Education: Graduation from a State Board of Nursing approved LPN/LVN training program or completion of equivalent military training that permits sitting for the State licensure examination.
- Experience: One year of experience within the last two years as a practical or vocational nurse.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a practical or vocational nurse.
Entourage is accepting resumes for this role:
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Place of Performance: Japan
General Description:
Includes, but not limited to: Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health.
Specific Tasks:
- Practice independently and collaboratively with other members of the health care team to ensure a comprehensive plan of care for the patient. Technically direct and teach other staff, provide educational lectures, and participate in in-service training to staff members.
- Perform developmental assessments and screenings; conducting diagnostic and screening tests; initiating and evaluating treatment regimens that may include prescribing and dispensing medication appropriate to the privileged scope of care.
- Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
- Recognize conditions that require isolation and ensure universal precautions are used in all patient encounters.
- Attend staff meetings to provide case discussion, continuing education, and continuous quality improvement.
- Degree: Master's degree in nursing.
- Education: Graduate from an academic program, within the nursing specialty field of study that is accredited by national nursing accrediting agency recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Certification: Certified in the specialty required by the TO as a Clinical Nurse Specialist by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the recognized national nursing certification organization for the specialty (for example, oncology, psychiatric, cardiovascular, pulmonary).
- Experience: As required to meet clinical competency requirements specified in the credentialing instructions.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse.
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Social Worker, Case Manager
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- Participate in Utilization Management/Case Management meetings to review and identify opportunities to improve treatment provided and recommend corrective action when problems exist.
- Participate in the provision of monthly in-service training for non-healthcare-practitioner members of the clinical and administrative staff on subjects germane to social work and social work CM services.
- Provide patient referrals.
- Interface with the MTF RN Case Manager(s) in the development and implementation of the Case Management Program (CMP).
- Develop local strategies that use the strength and disciplines of both nursing and social work to accomplish case management.
- Provide assistance in the development and implementation of educational programs.
- Additionally, the social work case manager may be required to provide those services identified under Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
- Degree: Master's degree in Social Work (MSW).
- Education: Graduate from a School of Social Work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
- Certification: Possess certification as a Certified Advanced Social Work Case Manager (C-ASWCM) by the National Association of Social Workers or a minimum of three years of experience within the preceding four years as a social work case manager in a hospital-based setting performing medical crisis counseling and discharge planning.
- Experience: Possess certification as a Certified Advanced Social Work Case Manager (C-ASWCM) by the National Association of Social Workers or a minimum of three years of experience within the preceding four years as a social work case manager in a hospital-based setting performing medical crisis counseling and discharge planning.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Entourage is accepting resumes for this role:
Clinical Social Worker
Place of Performance: Japan
General Description:
Includes, but not limited to: Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Medical Social Worker
Specific Tasks:
- Coordinate appropriate referrals to community and other Government agencies for services.
- Independently assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their family members and formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the patient’s problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills and assistance needed, in collaboration with the patient, family and interdisciplinary treatment team.
- Independently conduct psychosocial assessments and provide psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diverse backgrounds.
- Use medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
- Implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals.
- Independently provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services to individuals, groups, couples, and families. Must practice within the bounds of the license or certification and the privileges granted by the MTF.
- Provide consultation services to other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment.
- Participate in professional peer review case conferences, research studies, or other organizations required at the MTF.
- Degree: Master's degree in Social Work (MSW).
- Education: Graduate from an Accredited School of Social Work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
- Experience: Experience in clinical social work, either through a master’s-level practicum or 2 years post-MSW experience, within the last 3 years, in a clinical/treatment setting.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
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Registered Art Therapist
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- Organize groups according to the patients' capabilities, needs, and interest.
- Be familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field of art therapy.
- Analyze data to determine effectiveness of treatments or therapy approaches.
- Analyze or synthesize client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for art therapy.
- Assess client needs or disorders, using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes.
- Conduct art therapy sessions providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from or cope with cognitive, emotional, or physical impairments.
- Confer with other professionals on client’s treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans.
- Degree: Master's Degree.
- Education: Graduate from an Art Therapy program accredited by the American Art Therapy Association (AATA).
- Certification: Current certification as a Registered Art Therapist from the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB).
- Experience: One year of experience within the last two years as a Registered Art Therapist.
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Recreational Therapist
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- Develop treatment plans designed to restore, remediate, and rehabilitate a person’s level of functioning and independence in life activities, to promote health and wellness as well as reduce or eliminate activity limitations and restrictions to participate in life situations caused by an illness or disabling condition.
- Develop and implement individual recreation programs based on assessment results.
- Teach, coach, and support as required.
- Work with multidisciplinary treatment teams to evaluate and review the care provided to patients.
- Provide individual consultation to staff as requested.
- Develop presentations to staff on recreational opportunities.
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree.
- Education: Graduate in therapeutic recreation or recreational therapy from an accredited college or university.
- Certification: Current certification as a Recreational Therapist from the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC).
- Experience: One year of experience within the last two years as a Recreational Therapist.
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Psychometrist
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- Perform assigned assessment procedures under the direct supervision of a credentialed privileged psychologist or neuropsychologist.
- Utilize therapeutic assessment and interview skills to elicit accurate and concise account of the patient's condition.
- Screen patients to determine presenting problems and priority of appointment. Perform basic assessment procedures, including initial screening evaluation and standardized neuropsychological testing. Assist credentialed providers with identifying mental health diagnosis and treatment strategies, as well as providing patient education.
- Assist in providing specialized treatment and rehabilitation of brain injured and mental health patients. Observe, monitor, report, and record patient interaction during assessment sessions.
- Institute precautionary measures to prevent patient injuries due to suicide, homicide, or elopement.
- Coordinate with other military agencies and MTFs regarding specialized care, treatment, and administrative functions. Contact military or community agencies to obtain collateral information.
- Explain and interpret neuropsychological services and procedures to access care to patients and commands. Assist in or arrange for patient referral to other facilities for alternate level of care.
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree.
- Education: Graduate from a formal program in Psychology, Sociology, or in a behavioral science related field from an accredited college or university
- Certification: Certified by Board of Certified Psychometrists (BCP).
- Experience: One year of experience within the last two years in the performance of psychological and/or neuropsychological testing and test scoring.
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Physician Assistant (Psychiatry)
Place of Performance: Japan
General Description:
Includes, but not limited to: Psychiatry.
Specific Tasks:
- Provide a full range of Physician Assistant services in primary and specialty medical care within the limits of their training and privileges granted by the MTF (e.g., supervise and provide general screening and medical care and examinations of patients for routine, acute and chronic conditions involving any and all organ systems; provide immunizations; diagnose, treat, and counsel patients as indicated).
- Technically direct and provide care for a variety of diseases and types of injuries (i.e., acute, chronic, and minor trauma), and the skills to recognize emergency conditions in order to diagnose, prescribe for and treat diseases, disorders and injuries, and refer the more complex cases and serious conditions to qualified medical personnel and perform designated treatment.
- Technically direct and teach other staff, provide educational lectures, and participate in in-service training to staff members.
- Promote preventive care and health maintenance including annual physicals, positive health behaviors and self-care through both formal and individual education and counseling.
- Prescribe in accordance with approved treatment protocols and the Pharmacy and
- Therapeutics Committee approved medications and immunizations.
- Identify a medical problem and determine appropriate action to meet the problem, including referral to a physician.
- Perform specific diagnostic and therapeutic practices and procedures in accordance with scope of practice.
- Establish collaborative rapport with physician, nursing, and others in order to promote and facilitate primary care services.
- Teach patients and family member's healthy regimen and responsibility for achieving wellness.
- Attend staff meetings to provide case discussion, continuing education, and continuous quality improvement.
- Degree: Bachelor's degree.
- Education: Graduate from an accredited college or university certified by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education of the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). In addition to the education requirements listed in the DHA-PM for PAs, specialty PAs must complete residency or fellowship training of 12 months or more in a medical specialty program acceptable to the DHA.
- Certification: Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician’s Assistants (NCCPA).
- Experience: As required to meet clinical competency requirements specified in the credentialing instruction.
- Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant.
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Psychiatric Technician
Place of Performance: Japan
Specific Tasks:
- Conduct or assist in treatment and rehabilitation of patients. Perform initial basic assessment procedures including standardized psychological testing, clinical interviewing, mental status examinations, substance abuse evaluations, and psychological assessments.
- Provide patient education in coordination with the mental health and nursing diagnosis.
- Observe, monitor, record, and report patient's progress.
- Conduct or assist in conducting group and individual counseling, therapeutic community, and other related milieu activities.
- Institute precautionary measures to prevent patient injury or suicide.
- Assist patients with nutritional, hygiene, and comfort measures.
- Obtain and record vital signs.
- Coordinate with other agencies regarding specified care, treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, and administrative functions. Contact military and community agencies to obtain collateral information. Explain and interpret mental health services to patients or others.
- Assist in, or arrange patient referral to public, private, and military community agencies.
- Prepare and maintain records and reports pertaining to specialty services.
- Assist with care of individuals experiencing acute and post-traumatic stress reactions.
- Prepare and maintain treatment records.
- Degree: Certificate.
- Education: Graduation from an accredited Psychiatric Technician Program; or completion of an equivalent education and experience that meets the requirement of the American Association of Psychiatric Technicians or completion of education and experience as a behavioral science specialist/technician in the United States military and proof of having completed an Armed Forces course involving psychiatric technician training.
- Experience: One year of experience within the last two years as a Psychiatric Technician.