Nurse (Home Based Primary Care)
About The Position
The Boise VA Medical Center seeks a registered nurse to work as a Case Manager in its Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) program. HBPC services are provided in veterans’ homes. The RN manages care across the health care continuum for a select group of clients, providing professional assessment, coordination, telephone triage, and care planning. The RN acts on behalf of veterans to help ensure they receive necessary clinical services and make progress toward care goals. The Case Manager facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and involves patients and families in decision-making. The role aims to reduce fragmentation of care and optimize patient and family outcomes in a cost-effective manner. The RN works with staff at all levels and collaborates with other health professionals providing ongoing case management. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The position is not virtual, and the work may involve travel across program sites.
Requirements
- Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
- Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated education alternatives and exceptions.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
- Meet the education, experience, and scope criteria for the applicable nurse grade and level.
- Meet the physical requirements, including moderate lifting and carrying (15–44 pounds), use of fingers and both hands, climbing, use of legs and arms, and visual and hearing abilities.
- U.S. citizenship, unless appointment of a non-citizen is permitted under VA policy.
- Selected applicants must pass a pre-employment physical examination and are subject to background/security investigation and pre-employment drug testing for testing-designated positions.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA health care personnel.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
Responsibilities
- Manage care across the health care continuum for a select group of clients.
- Provide professional assessment, coordination, telephone triage, and planning of multiple health care services.
- Act on behalf of veterans to help ensure they receive necessary clinical services and make progress.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration among healthcare team members, involving patients and families in decision-making.
- Work to minimize fragmentation of healthcare delivery and optimize quality of patient and family outcomes in a cost-effective manner.
- Conduct initial and ongoing assessments of a culturally diverse veteran population in the home setting.
- Teach patients and caregivers how to manage and deliver nursing care in the home.
- Monitor patients’ conditions and the care required in the home.
- Collect blood and other specimens to monitor intervention effectiveness and disease progression.
- Provide assistance and consultation for home care referrals.
- Assess care appropriate to the age-related needs of patients served in the home setting.
- Collaborate with other health professionals and staff in providing ongoing case management.
- Travel across program sites as needed and perform other assigned duties.
Benefits
- Federal employee benefits package available to eligible employees; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
