Registered Nurse - Lung Cancer Screening Clinical Coordinator

Veterans Health Administration • Baltimore, MD

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) Lung Cancer Screening Clinical Coordinator is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients. This role involves patient management, care coordination, and disposition planning. The coordinator will assist Veterans, family members, and caregivers in navigating complex healthcare needs, coordinating care across multiple providers and sites, and ensuring seamless integration with VA and community programs for continuity of care. Key responsibilities include managing consults for lung cancer screening enrollment by reviewing charts for eligibility, conducting shared decision-making interactions, organizing educational in-services for clinical staff, and facilitating referrals to smoking cessation programs. The role also focuses on optimizing patient-centered care through education, care management, screening exams, and clinical appointments, while maintaining accountability for following imaging studies and their recommendations. Data analysis, program reporting, and monitoring of abnormal lung nodules are also crucial aspects of this position, along with addressing the psychosocial, nursing, and medical needs of patients and their families within an interdisciplinary team setting. The coordinator will expedite care from diagnosis to treatment and demonstrate leadership in holistic care delivery.

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 evaluation.
• 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 trial 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.)

Nice To Haves

• BSN; highly desired.
• Experience within last 3 years of working with lung cancer screening programs or other cancer screening programs; highly desired.
• Experience reviewing and managing clinical consults; highly desired.
• Experience within the last 5 years of Outpatient case management or Clinical Coordinator and/or PACT Nurse; preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients.
• Manages patient care, care coordination, and disposition planning.
• Assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving appropriate options and services.
• Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care.
• Assures services interface within VA and community programs for continuity of care.
• Manages consults for potential lung cancer screening enrollment by performing chart reviews to verify eligibility and appropriateness.
• Conducts shared decision-making interactions with potential lung cancer screening enrollees.
• Organizes and leads in-services to educate and share information about the Lung Cancer Screening Program with clinical staff.
• Facilitates follow-up referrals to evidence-based smoking cessation care.
• Optimizes patient-centered care practices through patient education, care management, screening exams, procedures, and clinical appointments.
• Maintains accountability for following imaging studies and their recommendations.
• Collects and analyzes program data from a variety of sources.
• Provides regular communication and reports as needed to the interdisciplinary team.
• Performs initial and ongoing monitoring and tracking of abnormal images/lung nodules and communicating with providers to ensure they are alerted to abnormal findings when necessary.
• Addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Coordinates and expedites care from diagnosis to treatment.
• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.

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)
• 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: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree