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Registered Nurse (Community Care Coordinator)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
Hybrid Salt Lake City, UT $75K – $138K Apply by Jun 25, 2026 Nurse ESFJINFJISFJ OperationsHealthcare
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The Community Care (CC) Nurse is a licensed professional registered nurse assigned to coordinate care for Veterans requesting or referred for community care. The RN is responsible for evaluating care requested as a delegate of authority (DOA), as established by Chief of Staff, and providing the clinical guidance and expertise for the coordination of community care. This includes assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care.
What You'll Do
- →Review and evaluate community care care requests as a delegate of authority (DOA), as established by Chief of Staff, for specific categories of care.
- →Review supporting documentation for medical appropriateness and completeness, and authorize or deny requests.
- →Utilize Care Management Tool (CMT) for complex care coordination along with coordination with VA providers and community provider.
- →Review incoming records from the community providers for medical appropriateness, completeness and significant findings.
- →Assure scanned results are placed in medical record and attached to the associated consults.
- →Speak with veterans and be a resource for helping veterans understand care or treatments as well as the expected process for community care.
- →Act as a resource of knowledge for the community care process for fellow VA staff.
- →Coordinate care with Internal VA Specialty Providers and/or Primary Care teams on consults and veteran needs.
- →Coordinate care with the Community Care LIPs.
- →Collaborate with other health care team members and staff (social workers, travel team etc.) to facilitate complete care of the veteran.
- →Educate and train incoming CC Nurse staff.
- →Appropriately documents nursing evaluations, assessment and interventions in medical record.
- →Maintain a flexible work environment to the changing needs of the office workload and patient needs.
- →Base care on current evidenced based, best practice standards, knowledge/technological advances and/or research findings.
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.
Personality Fit
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