Registered Nurse Military to Veteran Affairs Case Manager

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for an Registered Nurse Military to Veterans Affairs Case Manager (M2VA). The Registered Nurse Military to Veterans Affairs Case Manager (M2VA) will function within the Community Outpatient Services. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : RN MILITARY TO VETERANS AFFAIRS CASE MANAGER (M2VA) Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. Provides case management of care activities for post 9/11 service members and Veterans treated at the facility. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self direction. Brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills. Responsible for acquiring and demonstrating clinical expertise and knowledge of health care programs to improve the quality of patient care, the use of resources, and to facilitate compliance with internal and external requirements and standards. Collaborates with other case managers, the interdisciplinary team, and other clinical and administrative staff as needed to ensure patient care needs are met. Provides clinical case management for severely injured and/or ill post 9/11 service members/Veterans with identified case management needs. The M2VA Case Managers begins the case management process prior to admission to the facility and works collaboratively with staff from other Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, Military Treatment Facilities, and referring facilities. Completes an in-depth assessment of functional status, acuity level, prognosis, and assesses the need for treatment services and resources. Initiates contact with the patient and/or family to assist and ensures the transition to the VA is safe and continuous. Monitors the patient status while the patient is receiving care at the facility. Supervisory Controls: The incumbent is responsible to the assigned rating and approving supervisors and is accountable to the Associate Chief Community Outpatient Service (COPS) with clinical oversight to the Chief Nurse/COPS. 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, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: 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 a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity 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? Focusing on treating the whole Veteran through health promotion and disease prevention, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System provides comprehensive, seamless health care and social services for more than 111,500 Veterans across Northeast Ohio. With 18 locations of care, including a 597-bed tertiary medical center, 13 outpatient clinics, 2 community resource and referral centers, a psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery center, a chronic dialysis center and an outpatient surgery center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System's quality services are easily accessible to Veterans in 21 counties. The healthcare system's hub, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Cent