Registered Nurse (Care Manager)

Job Title

The HUD-VASH RN Care Manager provides comprehensive nursing care, including psychosocial assessment, implementation of treatment, referral to appropriate programs and providers and comprehensive case management, and home visits to veterans with physical and mental health issues who face challenges in finding and maintaining stable housing.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• In consultation with other healthcare providers (Primary care and outpatient Mental Health), the nurse provides coordination and monitoring of outpatient treatment methods.
• This nursing position requires a balance of clinical and administrative skills that will allow the incumbent to function with maximum efficiency in high volume multitask work environment.
• The goal of program and care interventions is to assist in efforts to move Veterans and their families out of chronic homelessness.
• Provides patient and family health education with a focus on self management, prevention, and wellness, based on the patient's goals. Partners with other high risk outpatient clinics (standardized care management of high-risk patients).

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, Monday- Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 pm

Compressed/Flexible: May be ad-hoc available

Telework: This position may be ad-hoc available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized