Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job Title

The role of the LOCC RN is to establish, promote, and monitor seamless care for Veterans. The incumbent will act as a resource to the medical center staff, contracted, and networking facilities.

The LOCC RN executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care within the VHA Community Care Program. This functional role includes organizing and coordinating the clinical components for the unauthorized/authorized care of Community Care services in response to individual healthcare needs along the illness and care continuum and in multiple settings. Although this position is non-supervisory, it requires the incumbent to exercise clinical leadership in coordinating care across multiple disciplines, facilities, and levels of the organization.

The incumbent is responsible for clinical case management activities necessary to coordinate Veteran care in the community and meet the Medical Center's utilization goals in a manner that successfully integrates community care with past and future VA care. The incumbent works collaboratively with all clinical services across the Medical Center, and with the administrative staff within the LOCC, to ensure coordinated, timely, cost-efficient care is provided to the Veteran.

The LOCC RN frequently acts on behalf of the Medical Center and with other VISN facilities to determine availability of clinical services and ensure proper transfer of patient care. The incumbent participates in collaborative case management planning, utilization review, discharge planning, and other related case management activities, including the review of outside medical services based on established guidelines and medical necessities.

The incumbent communicates directly with Veterans and their families to explain community care processes, benefits, and next steps, ensuring clear understanding and continuity of care throughout the referral and treatment process.

The incumbent is responsible for utilizing multiple computer program systems efficiently to coordinate Veteran care, and for maintaining timely, accurate documentation of all case management activities, communications, and clinical decisions in accordance with VHA policy.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay:
Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

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)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm

Telework: ad-hoc

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): not authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): not authorized