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Referral Coordination Team Registered Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The RCI Nurse will be a part of the SFVAMC Referral Coordination Team (RCT) with Community Care. As part of the RCT RN will help to streamline the referral and consult management process by ensuring timely care delivery and helping Veterans make more informed decisions about where to receive their health care. The RCI RN will be responsible for identifying community care eligibility and having a meaningful discussion with Veterans about care modalities both within the VHA and in the community.
What You'll Do
- →Referral Care Coordination (RCI) Registered Nurse duties include: Collaborats with physicians on clinical reviews, keeps them appraised of care options available locally.
- →Reviews utilization patterns, identifies trends and problem areas for special studies.
- →Assists in collecting and assimilating clinical data to enhance the quality of services.
- →Generates quality improvement results.
- →Reports and investigates unusual occurrences and questions inappropriate decisions based on their professional expertise.
- →Serves as a change agent across business initiatives and programs, in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
- →Leads complex projects and programs, from ideation through to cost/benefit results tracking, utilizing program management and business process management best practices.
- →Provides clinical expertise and clinical leadership in the overall case management of all complex patients throughout the continuum of care.
- →Provides Veteran-centric care by providing health care options to Veterans to receive their care at a VA medical facility or though community care providers when eligible.
- →Collaborates with providers to implement plans of care and assures follow-up interventions to meet critical needs and positive outcomes.
- →Implements a quality and case-management program, with a focus on performance measures and meeting goals.
- →Provides direct nursing consultation, nursing clinical leadership and serves to assure continuity of care.
- →Shares and works with all staff, responsible for day to day nursing schedule and any changes/updates.
- →Assists Manager in the responsibility for yearly and time sensitive staff proficiencies and competencies.
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.
- ✓IMPORTANT: 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
Job ID: 613a2e42-9604-466a-b8b0-05be07970aef
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