Nurse (Admin/Ambulatory), Irwin ACH Ft Riley, KS

Irwin Army Community Hospital (IACH) at Fort Riley is uniquely located in the rolling Flint Hills region of Northeast Kansas. Nestled between Junction City (pop. 25,000) and Manhattan (pop. 57,000), the local area has an abundance of outdoor activities where you with unlimited opportunities to fish, hike, swim, and explore!

Enjoy BigXII college sports and entertainment at Kansas State University in Manhattan; as well as a thriving night life. Experience travel simplified at the Manhattan Regional Airport or international travel through Kansas City International Airport. Manhattan has been recognized on the following for its quality of life:

. #3 on a list of Best Small Places for Business and Careers (Forbes)
. Top 10 Places to Retire (Money Magazine)
. Top 50 College Towns in America (Best College Reviews)
. Top 10 Best Places to Retire Young (CNN Money)
. Top 100 Places to Live in America (Livability)

Join #TeamIACH, your home in the Flint Hills; making Fort Riley the best place in the Army for Soldiers to live, train, deploy from, and come home to.

Our civilian team members are eligible for full federal benefits packages which include:

• 401k (TSP, 5% match)
• Retirement pension (FERS, five years to be vested)
• Health, life, long-term, vision, and dental insurance for the employee and family members
• Competitive pay, regular cost of living and time in service base salary increases.
• Performance awards
• Paid on-the-job training and developmental opportunities
• Ten paid federal holidays, ample vacation days, separate sick leave that does not expire
• Recruitment and retention incentives
• Paid relocation costs
• Free parking at work
• USO Airport Lounge Access
• Access to MWR services and activities which include childcare options
• Military service buy-back eligibility

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/

Duties:

Serves as Nurse for Population Health Improvement. Manages the health metrics and outcomes of the primary care population. Responsible for the coordination of Population Health for enrolled beneficiaries. Serves as the Clinical Practice Guideline Coordinator (CPG coordinator), managing the Military Health System Population Health Portal (MHSPHP), and related automated population health web-based applications outcomes data to determine program needs. Coordinates the implementation of clinical practice guidelines to support Army Medical Department (AMEDD) prevention and disease management-based population health initiatives through consultation and collaboration with health care providers, clinical and administrative support staff, and patients.

1. a. Assists to standardize Disease Management across the patient care continuum by monitoring Disease Management of the patient in accordance with the clinical practice guidelines. Identifies resources to integrate Clinical Practice Guidelines into all clinical areas, promoting and facilitating implementation, evaluation and sustainment of evidence-based practice across the care continuum. As an imbedded staff member within the PCMH practice, serves as crucial link between health care providers, members of the primary care team, and Nurse Case Managers in order to identify beneficiaries with short- and long-term health care needs. Identifies and facilitates reporting of process improvements to the CPG Guideline Champions and executive level committees. Serves as a population health resource. Attends conferences, committee meetings related to Clinical Practice Guidelines and medical management activities. Standardizes Disease Management across the patient care continuum by monitoring Disease Management of the patient in accordance with the Clinical Practice Guidelines and identifying resources to integrate Clinical practice Guidelines and supporting continuity of care. Conducts specific quality improvement (QI) studies to assist in process improvement related to population health. Develops the process for evaluation of clinical practice guideline outcome data for opportunities to continually improve patient care processes. Works closely with the Nurse Case Managers and the primary care team to ensure patient-centered, whole-person concept within each encounter. Proactively engages with care teams and patients to ensure population health activities are integrated into and standardized as part of each patient encounter. Provides data support to stakeholders in support of population health and medical management activities.

b. Utilizes the six core principles of population health management (i.e. identification and assessment, demand forecasting, demand management, capacity management, evidenced-based care and prevention, and program evaluation and feedback), as a framework for providing population-based health interventions to the enrolled population. Applies epidemiological methods to describe the population and its risks, identifying and employing evidence-based interventions and managing information. Identifies strategies designed to improve patient access, improve adherence to population health metrics, and reduce administrative burdens for DoD beneficiaries and improve the cost effectiveness for the civilian/military system of health care delivery. Obtains feedback from Resource Management, TRICARE, and the Health Care Finders to identify problem areas. Proposes regulatory and administrative changes to resolve identified problems.

2. Characterizes populations and sub-populations by disease categories, forecasts demand, forecasts demand management, capacity management, evidence-based care and prevention. Conducts population health and medical management program evaluation and feedback, interprets data and makes evidence-based recommendations. Promotes and optimizes medical readiness of active-duty members, improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the medical treatment facility healthcare delivery system, and improves population health status of the eligible beneficiary population.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirement for Nurse (Labor Delivery Recovery Postpartum):

Who May Apply: US Citizens

• Degree: A graduate or higher level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required. 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.).
• Licensure: 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.
• Foreign Degree: A degree from a Foreign Nursing School. Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools.
• Must have a minimum of one year of licensed experience as a registered nurse.  It is preferred that candidates have experience in LDRP, Gynecology/Obstetrics.