Registered Nurse Transplant Care Coordinator
About the role
thenwith summary text. Qualifications: there is a big block: Basic Requirements, Grade Determinations, Preferred Experience, Physical Requirements. Could be under Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction says use headings for section headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to decide which sections to use. We have content for Qualifications (basic requirements, grade determinations, preferred experience). Also Physical Requirements could be under Requirements? Might be separate but we can include under Requirements. We have Duties: could be Responsibilities. We have Benefits, Pay, Schedule: from VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package includes Pay, Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, Work Schedule, Telework, Relocation/Recruitment Incentives, Permanent Change of Station. So we can create Benefits section (includes insurance, retirement, time off, licensure, relocation incentives). Pay section: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards. Schedule section: Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 7:30am - 4:00pm - On call required; Telework: Not Available; Virtual: not a virtual position. We should not include sections with placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID. We must remove boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. We need to preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details. We'll produce HTML with sections:
About the role
Summary text...
Responsibilities
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- . Must preserve all details. We have duties list: "Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills", "Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts - cognitive skills - and technically competent practice while providing care to clients", "Demonstrate proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning", "Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations", "Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care", "Provides patient management - care coordination - and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings", "Assists Veterans - family members - and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate transplant options and services to meet their complex health care needs", "Coordinates timely processing of pre/post transplantation patients care coordination requirements - to include repetitive record review to assure that ongoing monitoring and timely submission of transplant consideration packets into Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO) Tracer Program - travel - and imaging/pathology", "Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care", "Coordination also includes assuring services interface within the Veterans Affairs (VA) and community programs to provide continuity of care to patients", "Demonstrates cognitive decision-making - communication - and counseling to address the patients' needs", "Validates understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions", "Carries on-call responsibility for managing organ offers in a timely manner as required by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)", "reviews organ offers for potential recipients using established protocols and confirms decisions with the on-call provider", "Communicates specific aspects of organ offers with the Organ Procurement Organization - on-call provider - histocompatibility lab - potential recipient - and inpatient/operating room teams", "Coordinates admissions for transplant surgery with the referring VA facility - the recipient - and multidisciplinary transplant care participants", "Provides after-hours triage of patient calls for transplant patients as part of on-call responsibilities (compensated in addition to regular tour of duty)". That's many. We'll put each as
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Qualifications
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Requirements
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Let's extract: Basic Requirements: - English Language Proficiency: per 38 U.S.C. 7403(f) - must be proficient in basic written and spoken English. - Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by ACEN or CCNE at time program completed. - 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. Grade Determinations: The following Scope - Education and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates - and if appropriate - the level within a grade. The Dimension requirements (Practice - Veteran/Patient Driven Care - Leadership - Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research) are detailed for each grade and level within the online assessment: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13064372 Then list of Grade/Level Scope Education: - Nurse I - Level I: Delivers fundamental - knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical competencies. An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing - with no additional professional nursing required. - Nurse I - Level II: Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts - cognitive skills and technically competent practice in providing care to clients with basic or complex. 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: Demonstrates proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning. Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations. 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: Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others. 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: Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership - experience and creative approaches to management of complex client care beyond the immediate practice setting. 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. - Note: Foreign education programs/degrees are not creditable as related degrees. Preferred Experience: - Bachelors degree or higher - Kidney Transplant Coordinator experience - Kidney Transplant Nursing experience - Any organ transplant experience - Nephrology/Dialysis experience - Case management experience - Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ Physical Requirements: - This position requires visual acuity - keen hearing - clear distinctive speech - and manual dexterity - This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking - standing - stooping - sitting - bending - pulling - and pushing - Transferring patients and objects may be required - The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations or operative/invasive procedures - The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium - dementia - or psychiatric disorders - The incumbent must be a mature - flexible - sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations - able to shift priorities based on patient needs We need to include all that. Now Benefits, Pay, Schedule. From VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: - Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards - Paid Time Off: 50 days of
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- . The qualifications block includes many items: Basic Requirements (English Language Proficiency, education, licensure), Grade Determinations (scope education etc), Preferred Experience, Physical Requirements. We could treat each bullet as a list item. But the text is not formatted as list; we need to parse into logical items.
We could create sections:
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