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Interventional and Specialty Care Coordinator (Urology and Otolaryngology)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 117 days ago
About the Role
Demonstrate proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning. Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on e age specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient educations, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines.
What You'll Do
- →Duties and responsibilities of the Interventional and Specialty Care Coordinator include, but are not limited to: Care Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN) focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction.
- →This nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.
- →Bridges the gap between clinical surgical teams and outpatients ensuring seamless care transitions across the pre-operative, perioperative, and post-operative stages.
- →Verify that all pathology, imaging, consents, screenings, and clearances are uploaded to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) prior to surgery.
- →Instruct patients and families on pre-surgical guidelines.
- →Standardizing workflows to optimize surgical outcomes and reduce hospital re-admissions.
- →Provides patient management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings.
- →The Care Coordinator assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs.
- →The Care Coordinator addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation with the interdisciplinary care team.
- →Analyzes and manages laboratory and radiology results and provides information to the providers.
- →Advocates for holistic care through patient/family education and provider interaction and implements and educational plan to meet the patient care needs.
- →The Care Coordinator will complete phone calls and secure messages within 24-48 hours and reviews alerts throughout clinic hours and resolve promptly.
- →The Care Coordinator will cross-train to provide support in various specialty clinics.
- →Responsible for participating within unit based and/or organizational level Shared Governance councils, utilizing clinical expertise, evidence-based practice, and knowledge to assist with finding solutions to problems or issues to improve the quality care provided to our Veterans.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓MPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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