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Specialty Case Management RN
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →The Specialty Case Management (CM) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches in providing complex patient management.
- →Provides patient management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings.
- →The CM RN assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs.
- →This includes, but is not limited to, acute, chronic, multiple, complex, catastrophic, or life-threatening illnesses; combat stress, residuals of traumatic brain injury; community adjustment; addictions and other health problems.
- →Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care.
- →The CM RN addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation in interdisciplinary patient care management practice.
- →The CM RN also evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services.
- →Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
- →Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients.
- →Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
- →Supports colleagues and other nurses through CM knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
- →Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
- →Evaluates CM outcomes of evidence based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
- →Responsible for the documented CM outcomes at the program or service level.
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.
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓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). ***Continued from the Duties Section.
- ✓Education - Provides education and mentorship to healthcare staff, including case management processes, clinic workflows, VA systems, and onboarding support for new programs and coordinators.
- ✓Collaboration & program improvement - Builds collaborative working relationships within the organization and community to enhance care for patients. - Serves as a resource for team members and identifies opportunities for program improvement at the local level.
- ✓Additional responsibilities - May include maintaining patient databases by reviewing consults and medical records to ensure ongoing care needs are met. - Coordinates and manages VISN-level referrals. - Facilitates surveillance and supports local, VISN, and national programs and teams.
- ✓Additional duties to be assigned based on specialty service, service volume, team members, National Directives/Mandates, etc. to meet the needs of the patient.
- ✓Each Specialty Service is set up independently based on volume/size and interdisciplinary team members assigned within the service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0791f92f-9551-40e0-a27a-041f60d62be9
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