Care in the Community Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner

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Job Description

Functions and Assigned Duties: Coordinate care with community providers, specialist, and VA interdisciplinary teams. Maintains requirements as outlined in the VHA Office of Integrated Veteran Care (OIVC) Referral Coordination Initiative. Focusing on improving scheduling timeliness and access to care offered to Veterans within VA and community care. Demonstrate requirements as outlined in the VHA OIVC Community Care Field Guidebook. Focusing on improving scheduling timeliness and access to care offered to Veterans with community care. Provide and produce advanced clinical practices, comprehensive consultations, and management. Carry out knowledge of MISSION Act, COMPACT Act, and other Acts/regulations as it relates to community care eligibility and the use of the Decision Support Tool (DST) to establish Veteran eligibility and the criteria for best medical interest. Serves as the clinical consultant with community care providers and the third-party administrator to determine clinical necessity and need when guidelines are not in place. Apply a complete review of medical documentation for compliance with established VA guidelines, directives, and local policies. Oversee and update medical records to reflect accurate and current status. Maintain confidentiality of electronic, written, and/or verbal patient/employee information. Demonstrate working practice that includes adherence to practice standards and the safe use and operation of equipment. Other duties as assigned. Communicate and interact appropriately and courteously with all internal and external customers. Practice to the full extent of their education, training, and certification. Core functions are outlined in the clinical privileges that correspond with this position. Utilize Windows, CPRS, VistA, CTB, DST, and Microsoft Office software. Performs other duties assigned to meet organizational goals.

Supervisory Controls: The incumbent reports to the Community Care Medical Officer. The employee independently plans and carries out the assignments, makes day to day sound decisions using their own initiative, consult on the complex problems to their supervisor as needed. The incumbent is responsible for the quality and technical accuracy of the work performed. The employee, having developed proficiency in the area of work assigned is responsible for the planning and carrying out the assignment, resolve conflicts that may arise and select the approach used in solving the problem. Complete work is reviewed based upon results and meet specific program goals and objectives. The employee notifies the supervisor of project progress and any potential controversial matters.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 8:00am 0 4:30pm

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

Not authorized

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.

Paid Time Off

Receive 13 to 26 days paid time off per year, not to include 10 paid federal holidays; and 13 sick days annual with no limitation on accumulation.

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).