Registered Nurse-Traveling Veteran Coordinator

Job Title

Registered Nurse Traveling Veteran Coordinator

Duties

The Registered Nurse Traveling Veteran Coordinator will be responsible for:

• Executing a streamlined approach to receiving, triaging, and directing timely, coordinated care.
• Bringing principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.
• Assisting Veterans requiring complex care coordination or specialized case management services.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for these Veterans and their families or caregivers and communicates with the health care team while leading complex care coordination and case management efforts.
• Serves as a liaison for the Veteran between VA facilities and is responsible for managing the care of the Veteran throughout the process.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care for traveling Veterans either vested in another Veterans Affairs (VA) facility and traveling to the local catchment area, or traveling outside of the local catchment area, focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Supports the medical center's mission to improve timely access to care.
• Work collaboratively as a member of the interdisciplinary team, makes caring for the Veteran their priority while in the work setting, and demonstrates customer service principles in all aspects of work.
• Demonstrates positive, effective communication skills and professional behaviors that promote cooperation and teamwork with internal and external customers.
• Handles conflict and problems in dealing with any consumer group appropriately and in a constructive manner.
• Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills, and technically competent practice while providing care to clients.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

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 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs