Registered Nurse - Purchased Home Care

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Job Description

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Utilize multiple approved resources including: CPRS, Care Management Tool (CMT), Consult Tracking Manager (CTM), Toolbox, Impax, Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV), Virtru Pro, FBCS Documents, Scanning, Vista Imaging Display, and TriWest Portal.
• Review requests for purchased home care, review the supporting documentation for completeness and per protocol forwards for approval, medical review, or funding. Funds consult when authorized.
• Utilize Care Management Tool for complex care coordination along with coordination with VA providers and community providers.
• Review incoming records from the community for medical appropriateness and completeness.
• Assure that scanned results are placed in medical record and attached to the associated results.
• Receive calls from veterans and is a resource for helping veterans understand care or treatments as well as the expected process for purchased home care.
• Act as a resource of knowledge for purchased home care services and processes for VA staff.
• Coordinate care with internal VA specialty providers and/or primary care teams on consults and veteran needs.
• Collaborate with other health care team members and staff (social workers, travel team, etc.) to facilitate complete care of the veteran.
• Educate and train incoming Purchased Home Care Nurse staff.
• Work to develop policy and procedures for the Purchased Home Care Program to include in team meetings.
• Appropriately document nursing interventions in medical record.
• Maintain a flexible work environment to the changing needs of the office workload and patient needs.
• Base care on current evidence-based, best practice standards, knowledge/technological advances and/or research findings.
• Knowledgeable of the federal regulations for GEC/VHA guidelines and care management processes.
• Identify personal learning needs and assume responsibility for own professional growth.
• Advocate fiscal responsibility in the management of patient care through effective utilization of resources.
• Maintain a working knowledge of resources available in the community.
• Participate in quality improvement activities.
• Other duties as assigned

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: Full-Time, 8am-4:30p, M-F

Telework: Not available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized