Specialty Case Management RN (Peripheral Vascular)

Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

Duties

The Specialty Case Management (CM) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches in providing complex patient management. Provides patient management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings. The CM RN assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs. This includes, but is not limited to, acute, chronic, multiple, complex, catastrophic, or life-threatening illnesses; combat stress, residuals of traumatic brain injury; community adjustment; addictions and other health problems. Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care. The CM RN addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation in interdisciplinary patient care management practice. The CM RN also evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services. Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines. Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients. Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement. Supports colleagues and other nurses through CM knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals. Evaluates CM outcomes of evidence based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations. Responsible for the documented CM outcomes at the program or service level. Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Operations & care coordination - Supports patient care across the health care continuum including inpatient and outpatient operations, including patient flow, appointment management, triage, patient education, monitoring progress toward care goals, and ensuring timely follow-up. - Participates in patient encounters as part of the interdisciplinary team to help establish and support patient goals of care. - Uses the nursing process to develop, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. - Collaborates closely with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate outpatient treatment plans and support treatment planning decisions. - Uses a team-based approach to triage and resolve patient care concerns. - Operates within a dynamic clinical environment requiring consistent physical presence to facilitate timely care coordination, direct patient assessment, and real-time team collaboration. Must demonstrate adaptability and the ability to provide cross-coverage across units or service lines in response to fluctuating patient volumes, staffing needs, or organizational priorities. - Maintains baseline clinic nurse competency to provide basic clinical coverage when needed to meet operational needs - including patient check-in, routine triage calls, and general patient education - during short-term absences of clinic-based RN staff, consistent with individual competency and scope of practice. Provider & consult support - Provides daily support to providers by coordinating care with community and VA facilities, ensuring necessary records, test results, and information are available for timely consultations and treatment planning. - Ensures consults are received, reviewed, and appropriately managed (including scheduling, completing e-consults, or discontinuing as appropriate) and works with clinic staff to expedite new patient consults when medically indicated. Patient communication & access - Communicates with patients about their health care options within the VA and community, following eligibility guidelines and national directives. - Works with VA Medical Centers, contracted partners, and community facilities to address barriers to accessing needed services. Strives to provide a positive patient experience through navigation of the health care system to ensure care needs are met. ***Continued in the Education Section. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 0730-1600 Telework: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Contact [email protected], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: 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.) NOTE: Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification. Preferred Experience: BSN or Higher preferred. 3-5 years nursing experience preferred. Case management experience preferred. Outpatient Nursing experience preferred. Clinic