The services required on this Task Order are under the following special program: The Transgender Health Medical Evaluation Unit (THMEU) provides centralized case management and clinical services for uniformed members undergoing in-service gender-transition to include confirmation of gender dysphoria diagnosis, validation of all medical treatment plans, gender affirming surgeries, and requests for gender marker change.

Pay rate: Between $83K/year and $104K/year.

Scheduling: Normal hours of operation will generally be a 9-hour workday, with a 1- hour unpaid meal break, Monday through Friday. Specific hours and days of work may vary week-to-week and throughout changes in seasons, but never to exceed 80 hours every two weeks. Any deviation to these days and times will be only as authorized by the CO and/or COR. Shifts will not exceed 12 hours in length with a minimum of 12 hours between shifts, which include a 1 hour unpaid meal break.

Travel: Occasional travel may be required to obtain professional development such as education, training, seminars, conference attendance, and Transgender Health site visits as it relates to Transgender Health field.

Benefits: PTO, holiday leave, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short Term Disability

Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) matching with employee participation in 401(K) plan

• 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 process.
• 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, VIRTUAL HEALTH MODALITIES, 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.
• Provide transgender education related to clinical and/or case management nursing expertise to healthcare professionals as needed to include, but not limited to, didactic lectures, case-based learning, virtual grand rounds, and precepting students/residents/ fellows, across small and large group settings to include conferences.
• Provide nursing services within the scope of basic RN knowledge/skills/abilities to support unit function as needed.
• Travel to DOD/DHA locations to provide education and training to clinical personnel within the scope of HCW’s specific expertise in caring for the THMEU population. May attend only if directly supporting the provision of education/training for transgender healthcare and policy.

• Degree/Education (5.2.4): Bachelors of Science in Nursing and Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support (5.2.3): 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: A minimum of 2 years as a RN with full-time experience in utilization management/utilization review or in broad-based clinical nursing and clinical case management working with adults, children, families, seniors and groups within the last 3 years. Have completed 30 hours of continuing education in nursing within the last 3

• Licensure/Registration: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse.

• Continuing Education: Must attend continuing education annually to ensure continued awareness and expertise in clinical advances and best practices for gender-affirming healthcare.  Course must be reviewed and approved by THMEU Director and 59 MDW Education and Training (E&T) section (per The Joint Commission E&T inherent Roles) to meet the educational goals of the THMEU mission.

Conferences must have/offer at least 6 Continuing Education hours daily, pertains to ones AFSC or equivalent licensure requirement as well as  cost effective (meaning if its local must obtain locally), no cruises/oversees permitted.    

IAW DoD Conference Policy 4.0, section 3 (c) (1) and (2) for conferences estimated to cost $3,000 or more per attendee or $600 or more per day per civilian employee or military member, approval is delegated to officials who are at the grade of O-5, GS-14, or equivalent, and at least one level above the supervisors with normal TDY/TAD approval authority for such employees or military members, consistent with organizational guidelines.

For conferences estimated to cost less than $3,000 per attendee and less than

$600 per day per civilian employee or military member, and for no-cost conferences, approval authority is delegated to supervisors with normal TDY/TAD approval authority, consistent with organizational guidelines.

                        For purposes of determining the costs per day, all costs, including travel costs, must be averaged over every day on which a substantive                              portion of the conference occurs. A “day” does not include days on which only travel occurs and/or the only conference activities are non-                            substantive, such as welcome receptions and social activities.

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