Special Needs Coordinator

**Description**

**About Decypher**

Decypher is a leading integrator of professional, technology, and management solutions and services. We provide our services globally to Federal, Commercial, Local and State clients. Our employees are our most valuable assets and play an integral role in the success of Decypher and our clients. Working at Decypher is not a job, but a career where your talent and energy is respected, and you can personally make a difference. Decypher invites you to join our professional team. Decypher is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/D/V).

**Responsibilities**
- The SNC registered nurse oversees and manages the installation EFMP-M IAW DoD and Military Component policy, and any subsequent implementing guidance.
- 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 uses 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 military personnel or family of the military member are appropriately “Q coded” (EFMP-enrolled).
- Ensures all active-duty sponsors known to the Air Force Personnel Center, and local Military Personnel Section and/or Commander Support staff where applicable, as having family members with special needs are identified in military medical special needs data management systems. Provides oversight for base-level data entry in military component-provided data management systems used in the management of EFMP-M.
- Provides clinical 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 sponsored assignments going to an overseas base.
- Provides clinical oversight to ensure every military sponsor with one or more family members with special needs assigned to the installation has a Special Needs (SN) file maintained at the LSMTF. 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 Airman and Family Readiness Center for additional community assistance as needed. Maintains a cooperative working relationship with the base Military Personnel Section (MPS), Commander Support Staff (CSS), and with Military Personnel Center. 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 quarterly case reviews to discuss and assess newly identified families’, complex, or unmet clinical needs. Determine the appropriate resources necessary for the families.
- Patient specific assessments and clinical plans of action will be located in AHLTA (Electronic Medical Record System, EMR) and the Special Needs record. Meeting minutes will not contain

patient identifying information.
- Coordinates and participates in designated facility meetings.
- Participates in the clinic orientation and training of other staff of the Special Needs Program. May serve on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility.
- Must maintain a level of productivity and quality consistent with complexity of the assignment; facility policies and guidelines; established principles, ethics, and standards of practice of professional nursing, Health Services Inspection (HSI); and other applicable DoD and service specific guidance’s and policies. Must also comply with the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program, infection control and safety policies and procedures, and compliance with HIPAA standards.
- Follows applicable local LSMTF/Military Component/DoD instructions, policies, and guidelines.
- Completes medical record documentation and coding, and designated tracking logs and data reporting as required by local LSMTF/Military Component/DoD instructions, policies, and guidance.
- Completes all required electronic medical record training, LSMTF-specific orientation and SNC training programs.

**Required Experience and Skills**
- Associates (Associates Degree in Nursing, ADN)