Registered Nurse (Inpatient Case Management)

About the role

This position is located at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital in San Antonio - TX. The Case Management (CM) Registered Nurse (RN) provides patient management - care coordination - and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient/outpatient settings. The CM RN is in a growth and development practice on assisting Veterans - family members - and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs.

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 at the time the program was completed: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• 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 a temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program (Reference VA Handbook 5005 – Appendix G6).
• 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 than 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 –