Description du poste
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Community Care team. This is a single position that will report to Canandaigua OR Bath, NY, dependent on candidate preference.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
The Community Care (CC) Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for executing a streamlined approach to receiving, triaging, and directing timely, coordinated care. The nurse demonstrates proficient practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills. The CC Coordinator possesses intimate knowledge of the internal referral care process, clinical review criteria, utilization management standards, clinical documentation requirements, community care regulations, and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) standards and guidelines. The CC Coordinator uses nursing knowledge and systems theory to assess, organize, facilitate, and guide Veterans through their full range of care options including internal/direct care in Veterans Affairs (VA) and care in the community. The CC Coordinator serves as a liaison to both internal and community providers and is responsible for managing the care of the Veteran throughout the consult process. The CC Coordinator supports the medical center's mission to improve timely access to care, ensure Veterans who want to receive care in the community are referred and scheduled into the community, and support the delivery of high quality, timely care to the Veteran receiving community services. The CC Coordinator will work collaboratively within the Office of Integrated Veteran Care (IVC) to triage Request for Services (RFS) to coordinate care processes defined by the IVC Field Guidebook to include developing a care coordination plan, reviewing medical documentation from community providers, communication of care coordination needs, and supporting the Veteran through the completion of the episode of care. The CC Coordinator will influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team both within the Veterans Affairs (VA) and in the community. The CC Coordinator will comply with VA-mandated processes and use of health information solutions that serve to assess, document, exchange, and track care coordination information. The CC Coordinator will utilize delegation of authority, if applicable, to function at their highest level of role performance and align high-quality care with key performance indicators to ensure practice standards meet patient care needs. 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 7:30am-4:00pm 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 a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become r