Nurse-Caregiver Support Program Clinical Assessor

The North Florida / South Georgia VA Healthcare System's Social Work Service is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse Outpatient Caregiver Support Program Clinical Assessor. Our ideal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards, as well as the growth and development of a VA academic hospital program.

The Caregiver Support Program Clinical Assessor Nurse is responsible for knowledge of eligibility criteria for the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC), day to day operation of the program, and all reporting requirements within the assigned Veterans Integrated Systems Network. Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care and counseling to assigned clients while developing technical skills.

• Duties include but are not limited to;
• Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate beginning leadership skills and participates in specific PCAFC experiences.
• Demonstrate creative approaches to the management of aspects of complex patient care.
• Provides care and counseling of persons in the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention of illness and injury based upon the nursing process which includes systematic data gathering, assessment, appropriate nursing judgment, and evaluation of human responses to actual or potential health problems through such services as case finding, health teaching, and health counseling.
• Possesses thorough knowledge of PCAFC, clinical documentation requirements, current standards of care, and all regulatory compliance requirements and guidelines.
• Accountable for utilizing critical thinking skills and sound judgment to ensure caregivers are provided with thorough, comprehensive care options within the scope of the CSP.
• Assess, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components
• Coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care
• Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team
• Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing direct patient care
• Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to apply principles of the CSP and CEAT practice
• Evaluates, systematically, current practice and formulates outcomes for groups of patients and / or organizational processes within area of expertise

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 : 8am-430pm (Note : Work schedules are determined and approved by the supervisor. The incumbent may be required to work various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis based on facility / patient care needs).