Registered Nurse - Community Care Coordinator

The Clinical Nurse Coordinator position is located within the Office of Community Care which is a clinical service under the Chief, of The Office of Community Care. The primary function of this position is to provide clinical care coordination for Veteran referrals. This includes recommendations for disposition of Veteran medical care and services based on a clinical review. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Duties include but are not limited to: Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex patient care referrals. Care will be provided in the least restrictive, most cost-effective manner, through use of outpatient utilization management criteria, clinical practice guidelines, clinical pathways and developed triage tools. Assist with significant collaboration between community and VISN healthcare personnel in the transition of veterans through the VA Healthcare system. Clinical Nurse Coordinator will provide quality and performance measures analysis and reporting of consult trends and systems issues through the utilization of the nursing process. Clinical Nurse Coordinator is responsible for the triage and care coordination of complex patients, works closely with Veterans to ensure smooth transition of care to community or VA facilities and care related to referrals, improvement meetings and service meetings. Communicates with Veterans their health care options including local VA, other VA Medical Centers and the community based on eligibility criteria for community care per the National Directives. Clinical Nurse Coordinator processes all indicated referrals ensuring necessary pre-consult testing, labs, imaging and clinical records associated with the referral are reviewed and documented. Clinical Nurse Coordinator will provide support to providers daily: coordinating dual care with community and other VA facilities. Clinical Nurse Coordinator will work closely with Medical Support Assistants during the referral coordination process, ensuring Veterans are scheduled for care timely. Works closely with VA Medical Centers, contracted facilities and community facilities to remove obstacles that would impede the Veteran from utilizing all available services they are eligible to use. Assist in the development/expansion of local referral coordination teams at each VISN facility, as directed by supervisor. Preferred or Specialized Experience: Care Coordination, Case Management, Referral Management. 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 8:00a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to

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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? Walla Walla is a pleasant town of 40,000+ near the beautiful Blue Mountain range of SE Washington State. Excellent public schools and two 4-year colleges are an asset. Our Main Street has been ranked as one of the best small town main streets in the U.S and also was voted friendliest city in the US by Rand-McNally in 2011. Sunset Magazine has proclaimed Walla Walla as one of the 10 best small towns in the U.S. and as a tourist destination because of the internationally acclaimed wine industry.