Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator

The Kansas City VA Healthcare System is recruiting for one Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator. The Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator will function in Specialty Care Nursing Service. The Specialty Clinics specializes in the delivery of comprehensive medical specialty care to adult and geriatric patients utilizing the Neighborhood Model, in collaboration with the Patient Aligned Care Teams in Primary Care and other services. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards The Care Coordinator provides patient-driven, proactive, personalized, team-based care oriented toward wellness and disease prevention resulting in improvements in Veteran satisfaction improved healthcare outcomes and costs. The Cardiology Section provides the following care services: Outpatient Cardiology Clinic appointment availability for: Cardiac consults Follow up care Pacemaker synchronization and remote monitoring Inpatient Services for: General Cardiology care Cardiology consult Monitoring Services for: 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) tracings/interpretations Holter monitoring Event recording Stress Testing for: Exercise stress testing Pharmacologic and Exercise Nuclear stress testing Pharmacologic and Exercise Echocardiography stress testing Echocardiogram Procedures for: Transthoracic Echocardiogram examinations Trans-esophageal echocardiogram (TEE) Saline contrast studies Definity contrast studies Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Procedures for: Bi-phasic synchronized cardioversion Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization Diagnostic and interventional peripheral vascular procedures Pericardiocentesis Temporary pacemaker insertion Permanent pacemaker and defibrillator implants Cardiac loop recorder implants 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 7:30am - 4:00pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): 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 a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing

Salaire : $68,432 – $125,170/Per Year | Avantages : http://www.vacareers.va.gov/why-choose-va/benefits/index.asp

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