USAJOBS · 3 months ago
RN (Care Coord. Home Telehealth)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$88K/yr - $162K/yr
1+ years expThe VA Central California Health Care System is seeking a Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator for Home Telehealth. This role involves managing a panel of complex Veteran patients using telecommunication technologies to provide clinical care and promote patient self-management, complementing traditional face-to-face care.
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No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Provides leadership in the application of nursing processes to the care of the Home Telehealth patient organizational processes and systems, improving outcomes at the program /service level
Assesses patients for use of appropriate telehealth devices and manages program resources, to facilitate safe, effective and efficient care
Using advanced clinical, business and technical knowledge and judgement of the Home Telehealth Program, promotes staff involvement in planning, decision-making and evaluating outcomes
Provides leadership in identifying and addressing ethical issues that impact Home Telehealth patients and the Home telehealth program, including initiating or participating in ethics consultation
Implements an education plan to meet changing program needs for self, colleagues and Home Telehealth patients
Maintains knowledge of current trends, techniques and professional issues
Performs evaluation using professional standards of care and practice
Employs motivational interviewing to assist veteran Patient to achieve goals
Uses group process and multidisciplinary approach to identify, analyze and resolve care problems
Coaches colleagues in team building and/or is available to mentor colleagues. Makes contributions to facility and health care sharing expertise within and or outside facility
Demonstrates the use of professional standards of care, scientific evidence and practice to evaluate the Home Telehealth Program and activities
Monitors own workload and maintain an active full panel of patients. Proactively enrolls appropriate patients into the Home Telehealth Program
Actively participates in Home Telehealth Program Quality and Performance improvement
Qualification
Required
U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
Subject to background/security investigation
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements
Must pass pre-employment physical examination
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
You may be required to serve a probationary period
Complete all application requirements detailed in the 'Required Documents' section of this announcement
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 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); 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.)
Benefits
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)
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