Registered Nurse-Home and Community Based Care-Outpatient Staff

About the role

The Veteran Directed Care (VDC) program is a Home and Community-Based Care (H&CBC) service designed for Veterans who would otherwise qualify for nursing home care but require significant support to safely remain in their home or community setting. Through VDC - Veterans are allocated an individualized budget to direct their own services.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and determining clinical appropriateness of Veterans for enrollment in the Veteran Directed Care program
• Implementing and applying the Case Mix Index (CMI) to establish appropriate levels of care and budget allocations
• Developing, reviewing, and monitoring individualized Veteran budgets (spending plans)
• Maintaining ongoing communication and coordination with the VDC Provider(s)
• Attending and actively participating in monthly VDC Provider meetings
• Conducting quarterly reviews and complete required documentation for Personal Care Services
• Ensuring Veterans receive safe, high-quality, and cost-effective care while maintaining autonomy and remaining in their preferred care setting

Requirements

• Basic Requirements: 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)
• English Language Proficiency: No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English
• 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
• Nurse I - Level I: An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, with no additional professional nursing required
• Nurse I - Level II: An ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 1 year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I - Level 1 ; OR a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional professional nursing experience required
• Nurse I - Level III: An ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 2 years of professional nursing experience in which one year is equivalent to Nurse I - Level 2 ; OR a BSN and 1 year of professional nursing experience equivalent to the Nurse I - Level 2 ; OR a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) and no additional professional nursing experience ; OR a Master's degree in a *related field with a BSN and no additional professional nursing experience
• Nurse II: A BSN with 2 years of professional nursing equivalent to Nurse I - Level 3 ; OR an MSN with one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I - Level 3 ; OR a Master's degree in a *related field with a BSN and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I - Level 3 ; OR a Doctoral degree in Nursing with no professional nursing experience ; OR a Doctoral degree in a *related field with a BSN with no additional professional nursing experience
• Nurse III: An MSN and 2 years of specialized nursing experience - one of which is equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III ; OR a Master's degree in *related field with BSN and two years of specialized nursing experience - one of which is equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III ; OR a Doctoral degree in Nursing with and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III ; OR a Doctoral degree in a *related field with a BSN and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III

Qualifications

• BSN or higher
• Recent (5 years) experience with processing clinical consults/referrals
• Clinical experience in Acute Care or Ambulatory Care setting
• Clinical experience in patient triage
• Clinical experience in case management/care coordination
• Proficiency in EHR and computer software programs (such as MS Word - Excel - Outlook - Explorer)
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills
• Nursing Certification

Skills

• Ability to operate a government vehicle
• Distant vision 20/40 in one eye with or without correction
• Field of vision 70 degrees
• Ability to distinguish red - green - and amber
• Whispered voice at five feet or average hearing loss of not greater than 40 dbsat 500 - 1000 and 2 -000 Hz

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
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Pay

• Competitive salary

Schedule

• Full-time
• Monday-Friday
• 7:30am-4:30pm

Telework

• Available

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

• Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

• Not Authorized