Boon-Chapman is strongly committed to equal employment opportunity offering a full range of benefits. We are a company of professionals, dedicated to building a stable business with opportunity for personal and professional growth while providing quality service for our clients. Headquartered in the capitol city of Austin, Texas, we offer a pleasant, non-smoking office environment. Over 100 employees, 35% with more than five years' service, make up our Boon-Chapman family. Find out more about joining our employment team below or call us at 512.454.2681, extension 7136.

Our recent growth has created several new positions. To join our growing staff, look over the following job descriptions. Send your resume to MonicaG@boonchapman.com and complete our pre-employment screening at www.testreporting.com/boonchapman/

Disease Management Nurse
Summary Description
This position will manage the patient's health status across the continuum of care. The ideal candidate will implement strategies to achieve and ensure patient follow-up according to clinical strategic measures/outcomes. In addition, the nurse will develop individualized patient/family education plan focused on self-management; deliver patient/family education specific to a disease state; coordinate ongoing education of patients and their families; assist patient and family to integrate implications of illness recovery and health promotion into their lifestyle; assist in identifying patients' educational needs and provide health-related information to enhance patients' understanding of medical condition and related treatments; instruct and counsel patients and families regarding preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.

Must Know and Understand
• Internal policies and procedures.
• Have a strong working knowledge of current health care
protocols.
• Must be able to properly interpret plan documents for
utilization review, case management, and health care elements.
• Must be familiar with state and federal laws and
resource materials as they pertain to utilization management.
• Have a strong background in patient education.

Responsibilities:
• Performs on-site and telephonic disease management assessments and follow-up interventions.
• Communicates and coordinates on-going health care services with physicians.
• Implement strategies to ensure patient follow-up.
• Develop patient/family educational plan to promote self-management.
• Coordinate ongoing educational needs of patients and their families as related to their disease and self-management.
• Assist the patient/family with integrating the implications of the illness recovery and health promotion into their lifestyle.
• Instruct and counsel patients/families regarding the disease and its relation to preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems and the use of various treatments.
• Maintains client and subscriber confidentiality at all times.

Qualifications
• Current RN license in State of Texas
• Certified Case Manager (preferred)
• Experience with case and disease management
• Organizational skills, self motivated, work independently
• Five years medical/surgical/hospital experience
• Computer skills
• Experience with ICD-9 and/or CPT-4 codes (preferred)
• Willingness to travel up to 30% - Houston, Victoria, Austin and areas in between

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