RN Care Coordinator

Community RN Care Coordinator

The Community RN Care Coordinator is responsible for the planning, integrating, implementing, modifying, and evaluating the effectiveness of the veteran's care. Serves to support delivery of high quality, timely care to the veteran receiving services in the community. The job duties of the Community RN Care Coordinator include but are not limited:

• Serves as the liaison to both internal and external providers and will be responsible for managing and coordinating the care of the veterans and the seamless transition to and from the community.
• Functions directly to support the Local Office of Community Care (LOCC) through clinical review and care coordination of services for veterans.
• Utilizes the LOCC foundational elements to support the delivery of high-quality, timely care to the veteran receiving services in the community.
• The RN Care Coordinator is the leader of the Integrated Care Team established by the VA Community Care Operating Model.
• Provides clinical leadership and expertise on community care processes and regulations.
• Possesses the knowledge related to VHA guidelines, utilization review criteria, current evidence-based standards of care, compliance guidelines, and local policy related to Delegation of Authority as established by the facility Chief of Staff.
• Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in unit/program level quality improvement processes and initiatives as well as customer service programs.
• Primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group or community.
• Follows standardized care coordination model, incorporating case management principles if applicable, knowledge of processes related to referral and authorization, and secure medical documentation exchange.
• Able to identify veterans requiring disease management and initiates the process to obtain these resources internally or externally to the VA if applicable.
• Focuses on providing care that is unique to the veteran's needs and continues to monitor, track, and intervene, if necessary, in the episode of care across the continuum.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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: Not eligible

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statements: 51835F, 51834F, 51833F, 51832F 51831F

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Notifications:

1. This position is in the Excepted Service
2. The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.
3. Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent federal agency employees.
4. The 2-page resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below
5. If you are a current federal employee, you are required to attach your Most Recent non-award SF-50. This should be a SF-50 from the current calendar year which shows your current position, grade and step. Award SF-50's do not provide sufficient information and will not be accepted.