Registered Nurse - Community Care

Department of Veterans Affairs • Columbus, OH

42d • Onsite

About The Position

Central Ohio VA Health Care System is seeking a RN that will serves to support delivery of high quality, timely care to the Veteran receiving services in the community. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. The RN will be working within Community Care and the duty location is in Airport Dr. Columbus, OH. Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: The Community Care RN Coordinator is responsible for executing a streamlined approach to receiving, triaging, and directing timely, coordinated care. The nurse demonstrates proficient practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills. The Community Care Coordinator possesses intimate knowledge of the internal referral care process, clinical review criteria, utilization management standards, clinical documentation requirements, community care regulations, and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) standards and guidelines. The Community Care Coordinator uses nursing knowledge and systems theory to assess, organize, facilitate, and guide Veterans through their full range of care options including internal/direct care in Veterans Affairs (VA) and care in the community. The Community Care Coordinator supports the medical center's mission to improve timely access to care, ensure Veterans who want to receive care in the community are referred and scheduled into the community, and support the delivery of high quality, timely care to the Veteran receiving community services. The Community Care Coordinator will influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team both within the Veterans Affairs (VA) and in the community. The Community Care Coordinator will utilize delegation of authority, if applicable, to function at their highest level of role performance and align high-quality care with key performance indicators to ensure practice standards meet patient care needs.

Requirements

• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• Executing a streamlined approach to receiving, triaging, and directing timely, coordinated care.
• Demonstrates proficient practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills.
• Possesses intimate knowledge of the internal referral care process, clinical review criteria, utilization management standards, clinical documentation requirements, community care regulations, and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) standards and guidelines.
• Uses nursing knowledge and systems theory to assess, organize, facilitate, and guide Veterans through their full range of care options including internal/direct care in Veterans Affairs (VA) and care in the community.
• Supports the medical center's mission to improve timely access to care, ensure Veterans who want to receive care in the community are referred and scheduled into the community, and support the delivery of high quality, timely care to the Veteran receiving community services.
• Influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team both within the Veterans Affairs (VA) and in the community.
• Utilize delegation of authority, if applicable, to function at their highest level of role performance and align high-quality care with key performance indicators to ensure practice standards meet patient care needs.

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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees