Registered Nurse Special Needs Coordinator

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Description

Registered Nurse Special Needs Coordinator to support the mission at Eielson AFB in AK

for the families.

Required Experience And Skills

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• BLS
• A minimum of one-year full-time experience in care coordination, discharge planning or case management in a medical setting within the last four years.
  
  

Responsibilities

• The SNC oversees and manages the Exceptional Family Member Program – Medical (EFMP-M) IAW DOD and Air Force (AF) policy, and any subsequent implementing guidance.
• Establishes and maintains procedures to identify family members with special medical and educational needs in a timely manner.
• Uses clinical assessment skills and maintains procedures to identify sponsors whose family members have special medical and educational needs in a timely manner.
• The SNC is 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 family members of the AF personnel or family of the AF member are appropriately “Q coded” (EFMP- enrolled).
• Ensures all active-duty sponsors known to the Air Force Personnel Center, and local Military Personnel Section (MPS) and/or Commander Support Staff (CSS) where applicable, having family members with special needs are identified in AF medical special needs data management systems. Provides oversight for base-level data entry in AF provided data management systems used in the management of EFMP-M.
• Provides training to installation personnel and medical staff; and consultation as needed to support the implementation of EFMP-M base-wide.
• Integrally involved in the Family Member Relocation Clearance (FMRC) process. Ensures all FMRC requirements are implemented by all EFMP-M staff. Coordinates the enrollment process and travel screening for all active-duty family members’ and travel screening upon request to the families of DoD civilian sponsored assignments going to an overseas base.
• Provides oversight to ensure every AF sponsor with one or more family members with special needs assigned to the installation has a SN file maintained at the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF). Ensures Q-coded sponsors assigned to the installation are contacted annually to determine if there are unmet needs and to request updates of information as needed.
• Collaborates with the Integrated Delivery System (IDS) and other interagency forums that provide family medical information and referrals to base and civilian agencies. Ensures EFMP families are referred to the Military and Family Readiness Center for additional community assistance as needed.
• Maintains a cooperative working relationship with the base MPS, CSS, and with Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC). Actively supports the integration of EFMP-M, Exceptional Family Member Program – Family Support (EFMP- FS) and Exceptional Family Member Program – Assignments (EFMP-A) services at the installation.
• Provides information, appropriate contact information, and coordinates referrals as appropriate.
• Participates in EFMP weekly care management reviews to discuss/assess newly identified families’, complex, or unmet medical needs. Determine the appropriate resources necessary