Nurse Consultant

Nurse Consultant

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our Registered Nurses work as part of a team to facilitate quality health care. The ideal candidate will possess the many skills necessary to expertly assist members in self-management of chronic disease processes, with an emphasis on health education and behavior modification for modifiable risks. Collaboration with the member and the attending physician is an integral role for the Disease Management nurse. We utilize criteria-decision support tools to determine medical appropriateness for identification and enrollment in specific Disease Management programs.

SKILL OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Registered Nurse with current state license and a minimum of three years recent clinical nursing experience. Ability to exercise independent and sound judgment in decision making, utilizing all relevant information to effectively influence behavior. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Organizational skills, effective time management, ability to manage multiple priorities, and strong teamwork skills. Candidate must possess strong computer and keyboarding skills. Knowledge of managed care, eTUMS, Healthwise Knowledgebase and Disease Management preferred. The Disease Management Nurse applies the standard elements of assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation and will use state-of-art information tools. Bilingual in Spanish a plus.

ADDITIONAL JOB INFORMATION:
The Disease Manager will make proactive outbound calls to members who have been identified as potential candidates for a specific Healthy Outlook Program. This is a challenging opportunity for highly skilled Registered Nurses to influence healthcare outcomes by interacting with members and their physicians in our comprehensive Disease Management model. Unit normal business hours are from 8 am-8 pm. The ideal candidate must be willing to be flexible, to allow for scheduling occasional later hours, if required, due to business needs.

 

HOW TO APPLY:

To learn more about our employment opportunities, visit us at www.aetna.com and enter Requisition #11920 on the job search page.

 

We conduct pre-employment drug and background testing.

No agencies, please.

Aetna is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.