Registered Nurse (Associate Chief of Staff of Community Care)

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The Jennifer Moreno DVA Medical Center in beautiful San Diego, California is looking to hire an Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Community Care. The ACOS of Community Care is a senior leadership position within the Health Care System, responsible for overseeing the planning, coordination, and provision of community-based healthcare services for Veterans.

This position is in Office of Community Care, VA San Diego Healthcare Systems (VASDHS) This position provides support to the Community Care Program. This position is responsible for assisting with clinical care coordination that is being referred to the community.

This position provides executive leadership and direct supervision for Community Care Service and is the clinical and administrative coordinator for all aspects of Community Care, internal and external, including policies and practice, budgetary and administrative oversight of compliance with VHA Directives. This position provides oversight for the Service to include : Administrative Supervisors, Program Support Analyst, Budget Analysts, Contract Nursing Home Coordinator, State Veterans Home Liaison, Administrative Assistant, Administrative staff for review of eligibility, authorizations and scheduling etc., Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses for care coordination and, if applicable, all processes related to review and approval of Community Care consult requests (for justification and medical necessity), and / or denial of Community Care consults, unauthorized / Mill Bill and traditional VA Community Care claims based on eligibility criteria.

The Chief, CCS, is a senior nursing leadership position directly aligned under the Chief of Staff. This individual assumes direct responsibility and authority for the administrative and clinical operations as well as personnel within Community Care Service. This individual executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs within Community Care and coordinates areas that cross service and / or discipline lines, influences the organizational mission and facilitates care coordination with both internal and external providers and demonstrates nursing leadership, clinical expertise and responsibility for outcomes.

Duties include, but not limited to the following :

• Serves in management of all Community Care consults and requests for additional services as directed.
• Demonstrate sound decision-making skills, both clinical and administrative, which bring credit to the profession and serve to enhance the distinctive and contributory role of physicians.
• Participates in multidisciplinary activities involving the treatment plan and discharge plans of patients admitted to the bed services as assigned.
• Utilizes problem solving methodologies to resolve problems that impact on patient care.
• Ability to review patients both clinically and administratively to determine eligibility for Community Care services.
• Provides guidance to all staff assigned to Office of Community Care.
• Assists in the training of staff and other stake holders in the use of Community Care.
• Assists in the coordination of care with outside providers using knowledge of the resources and specialty care available in the VA.
• Facilitates ongoing communication between Community Care staff and leadership to evaluate data and review workload demands.
• Fosters team-oriented environment among staff to work collaboratively with administrative staff and other clinical staff within the Office of Community Care; building trust relationships.
• Participates in and attends medical center committees as assigned.
• Revises work schedule and assignments on short notice to meet frequent, abrupt, and unpredictable changes in prescribed workload and deadlines.

Additional duties as assigned.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package : VA Nurse Total Rewards

Recruitment / Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus) : May be authorized for highly qualified candidates.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Relocation Assistance : Authorized, excluding Appraised Value Offer (AVO).

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 - 4 : 30 pm, Pacific Standard Time

Telework : Available as determined by agency policy

Virtual : This is not a virtual position.