RN Case Manager - Discharge Coordinator

About the role

The Cincinnati VHA Medical Center seeks 2 Registered Nurse Case Managers in Nursing Services; Acute Care. The Case Management (CM) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent - evidence-based care to patients. They will provide patient management - care coordination - and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care
• Addresses psychosocial - as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers - through participation in interdisciplinary patient care management practice
• Evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services
• Integrates knowledge - skills - abilities - and judgment and is self-directed in goal setting for managing complex situations
• Afford assistance in directing the provision of nursing education - orientation - competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization
• Validates understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions
• Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence based care
• Demonstrates the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities
• Demonstrates competence in practice and decision-making - deliberate planning - and critical thinking skills

Requirements

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency - 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)
• 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

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency - 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)
• 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

Skills

• Ability to cope with and manage competing priorities
• Competence in practice and decision-making - deliberate planning - and critical thinking skills
• Validates understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions
• Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence based care

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Retirement: 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 - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards

Schedule

• Monday - Friday
• Day Shift