Nurse (Caregiver Support Program Coordinator)

Mac's List • Hillsboro, OR

23d • $95,284 - $160,200 • Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver Support Program (CSP) Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate expert leadership, experience, and creative approaches in providing complex patient management. Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Provides a state-of-the-art continuum of services, education, and resources to caregivers of Veterans with complex needs. Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties include but are not limited to the following: Applies advanced nursing clinical knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating PCAFC and/or PGCSS eligibility. Receives, reviews, and dispositions PCAFC and/or PGCSS initial eligibility decisions, reassessments, and appeal decisions for clinical eligibly determinations. Evaluates current practice and formulates outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise. Works with interprofessional team members at facility and VISN levels to ensure support to caregivers is delivered objectively with strong, consistent documentation and communication in a direct and coordinated manner. Provides and exhibits knowledge in assessment and monitoring, health restoration, wellness promotion, illness prevention, and coping facilitation. Documents information utilized in clinical eligibility determination and eligibility assessment tools. Assists the facility with MISSION Act implementation, as it relates to CSP. Advocates for holistic care through patient/caregiver education and provider interaction and implements an educational plan to meet the patient care needs. Uses clinical judgment in the interpretation of trends and patterns, application of regulation, policy, guidelines, and the recommendation of program enhancements. 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 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

• U.S. 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.
• English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)

Responsibilities

• Applies advanced nursing clinical knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating PCAFC and/or PGCSS eligibility.
• Receives, reviews, and dispositions PCAFC and/or PGCSS initial eligibility decisions, reassessments, and appeal decisions for clinical eligibly determinations.
• Evaluates current practice and formulates outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise.
• Works with interprofessional team members at facility and VISN levels to ensure support to caregivers is delivered objectively with strong, consistent documentation and communication in a direct and coordinated manner.
• Provides and exhibits knowledge in assessment and monitoring, health restoration, wellness promotion, illness prevention, and coping facilitation.
• Documents information utilized in clinical eligibility determination and eligibility assessment tools.
• Assists the facility with MISSION Act implementation, as it relates to CSP.
• Advocates for holistic care through patient/caregiver education and provider interaction and implements an educational plan to meet the patient care needs.
• Uses clinical judgment in the interpretation of trends and patterns, application of regulation, policy, guidelines, and the recommendation of program enhancements.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees