Registered Nurse Coach Dementia Program

About the role

The Registered Nurse Coach position is located within the Nursing, Geriatrics and Extended Care Services at the Thunderbird VA Clinic, Phoenix VA Healthcare System (PVAHCS), Phoenix, AZ.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
• Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care.
• Collaborates with members of the interdisciplinary team to influence care outcomes.
• Provides competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients, including inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Manages patient management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition planning.
• Addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers.
• Evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services.
• Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers to foster a safe and supportive environment.
• Contributes professional nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team.
• Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes.

Requirements

• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• Knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency, Basic Education Requirements, Current Full Active Unrestricted Registration as a Graduate Professional Nurse.
• Preferred Experience: Home care, dementia care preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of age-specific components of care.
• Ability to coordinate care with multiple providers.
• Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.
• Competent care delivery in various settings.
• Addressing psychosocial and medical needs.
• Evaluation of care and outcomes.
• Sharing educational findings and fostering a supportive environment.
• Contributing to discussions and effecting change.

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).

Pay

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards.

Schedule

• 0700-1530 M-F.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

• Not authorized.

Virtual

• This is not a virtual position.

30 Day Hiring Model

• The Department of Veterans Affairs is implementing a streamlined 30-Day Hiring Model designed to accelerate hiring while maintaining the highest standards of merit-based selection.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency, Basic Education Requirements, Current Full Active Unrestricted Registration as a Graduate Professional Nurse.
• Preferred Experience: Home care, dementia care preferred.