Care Coordinator Registered Nurse

Job Title

Nurse

Duties

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• Focus on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction.
• This nurse brings principles and theory with the application of critical thinking skills.
• Provides patient management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs.
• This includes, but is not limited to, acute, chronic, multiple, complex, catastrophic, or life-threatening illnesses; combat stress, residuals of traumatic brain injury; community adjustment; addictions and other health problems.
• Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care.
• Coordination also includes assuring services interface within the Veterans Affairs (VA) and community programs to provide continuity of care to patients.
• Addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Coordinates and expedites care from diagnosis to treatment.
• Analyzes and manages laboratory and radiology results and provides information to the providers.
• Utilizes databases to provide population management to track patient care through all episodes of care.
• Evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services.
• Advocates for holistic care through patient/family education and provider interaction and implements an educational plan to meet the patient care needs.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay:

Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off:

50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement:

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure:

1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday 7:30 am -4:00 pm

Telework:

Not authorized

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:

Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

: Not authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO)

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US Department of Veterans Affairs