Registered Nurse - Care Coordination - Integrated Case Management Nurse

Veterans Health Administration • New Orleans, LA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Care Coordination and Integrated Case Management (CCICM) Lead Coordinator Registered Nurse delivers fundamental, knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components and coordinates care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.

The role provides patient management, care coordination, and discharge or disposition planning in inpatient and outpatient settings. The nurse assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers in accessing appropriate options and services for complex health care needs, coordinates care with multiple providers across levels and sites of care, and addresses psychosocial, nursing, and medical needs through interdisciplinary patient care management. The nurse evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate services. The role emphasizes individual growth and development in practice, increased self-direction, and application of nursing principles and theory with limited critical-thinking application.

The position is scheduled 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; the schedule may change based on facility needs. Telework is available, but this is not a virtual position. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized. The position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying equivalent nursing education as described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a specified Graduate Nurse Technician exception may apply to eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the applicable grade-level education and professional nursing experience requirements.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Selected applicants must complete required background/security investigation and onboarding, pass a pre-employment physical evaluation, and undergo drug screening if selected for a testing-designated position.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service.
• Applicants must complete all application requirements detailed in the announcement’s Required Documents section.

Responsibilities

• Deliver fundamental, knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care based on age-specific components.
• Coordinate care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Provide patient management, care coordination, and discharge or disposition planning in inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Assist Veterans, family members, and caregivers in accessing appropriate options and services for complex health care needs.
• Coordinate care with multiple providers across levels and sites of care.
• Address patients’ and families’ or caregivers’ psychosocial, nursing, and medical needs through interdisciplinary patient care management.
• Evaluate care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services.
• Develop and grow in practice with increasing levels of self-direction.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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