Registered Nurse - Colorectal Cancer Screening Clinical Coordinator

Veterans Health Administration • Fayetteville, AR

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Colorectal Cancer Screening Clinical Coordinator provides leadership to influence systems and outcomes through evidence-based practice, data-driven decision-making, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The coordinator assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care using age-specific components and assumes responsibility for program design, performance, and continuous improvement, with a focus on patient education, self-management, access, equity, and patient experience.

The role designs and oversees a facility-wide colorectal cancer screening program aligned with organizational priorities and national guidance. It establishes performance measures and dashboards, maintains reliable data pipelines and transparent reporting, leads interdisciplinary workgroups, and coordinates operational changes across clinical, administrative, and support services. The coordinator develops policies and standard work, embeds evidence-based screening and surveillance guidance into clinical pathways, and leads performance improvement initiatives.

The position also addresses disparities and systemic barriers, oversees complex cases and time-sensitive follow-up, supports scheduling and capacity management, mentors and develops nursing staff, and collaborates with Informatics to improve registries, reminders, and EHR tools. The coordinator evaluates program outcomes, communicates findings to leadership, prepares for reviews and surveys, disseminates best practices, engages patients and community stakeholders in program design, and manages change initiatives through adoption and sustainment.

The position is scheduled Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., subject to change based on facility needs. Telework is available; this is not a virtual position.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or an eligible nursing education pathway described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a temporary Graduate Nurse Technician exception may apply to eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the education, experience, and grade-level criteria for the assigned Nurse grade and level. Listed pathways vary by grade and include an ADN or nursing diploma, BSN, MSN, or doctoral degree, with applicable professional or specialized nursing experience.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Applicants tentatively selected for a testing-designated position must undergo urinalysis for illegal drug use; refusal results in denial of employment.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
• Successful completion of a background/security investigation, online onboarding, required identification and pre-employment requirements, and a pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• May be required to serve a probationary period.
• Ability to meet the stated physical requirements, including heavy lifting and carrying of 45 pounds or more, pushing, pulling, reaching, walking, standing, kneeling, bending, and other listed physical abilities.
• Ability to work in the listed environmental conditions, including inside and outside, dust, moving machinery, hands in water, close work with others, and protracted or irregular hours.

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee a facility-wide colorectal cancer screening program aligned with organizational priorities and national guidance.
• Establish key performance indicators and dashboards, maintain reliable data pipelines, and ensure transparent reporting.
• Lead interdisciplinary committees and workgroups, coordinating operational changes with Primary Care, GI/Endoscopy, Lab, Scheduling, Community Care, Pharmacy, IT/Informatics, and Population Health.
• Develop and update policies, protocols, and standard work; incorporate evidence-based screening and surveillance guidance into clinical pathways and decision support.
• Plan and execute performance improvement portfolios using frameworks such as Lean, Six Sigma, and High Reliability; sustain improvements through control plans and audits.
• Implement equity-focused strategies, including language services, transportation vouchers, flexible scheduling, and navigation, to reduce disparities in access and screening completion.
• Oversee complex cases and systemic barriers; establish escalation pathways for urgent or abnormal results and ensure timely diagnostic follow-up.
• Work with scheduling and capacity management to balance demand and supply, including endoscopy block utilization, prep clinic availability, and FIT kit distribution and processing.
• Mentor and develop staff across nursing levels; create training curricula and support preceptor programs.
• Collaborate with Informatics to optimize registries, reminders, and EHR tools and improve usability to reduce clicks, errors, and missed care gaps.
• Conduct program evaluations, synthesize qualitative and quantitative findings, and communicate outcomes and recommendations to service chiefs and executive leadership.
• Coordinate readiness for internal and external reviews and regulatory surveys; ensure policy compliance, privacy protections, infection control, and risk mitigation.
• Disseminate best practices through posters, in-services, and practice councils; support evidence-based practice and, when appropriate, research initiatives.
• Engage patients and community stakeholders in program co-design to improve experience and adherence.
• Manage change initiatives, including stakeholder alignment, training, and sustainment plans; measure adoption and mitigate unintended consequences.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care using age-specific components.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year: 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting and federal 401(k), with VA contributions up to 5%.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree