The Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) is a registered nurse with advanced knowledge and skills to provide clinical coordination and oversight for the complex patient population within Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) units, including care transition, quality improvement, patient safety and nursing practice.

Duties

The practice of the Clinical Nurse Coordinator is expected to impact patient outcomes for Geriatrics and Extended Care and for the facility at large with the emphasis on patient outcomes, clinical competencies, evidenced based practice and patient satisfaction. The CNC provides direct care to specific patient populations admitted to the unit/s assigned. It is expected that the CNC applies all aspects of the nursing process and care management principles within a collaborative, interdisciplinary practice setting and demonstrates leadership in improving patient care, addressing negative outcomes and enhancing staff education and professional development using evidence-based practice. The CNC provides leadership in the application of the nursing process to client care, organizational processes and/or systems, improving outcomes at the program or service level. The CNC will act as a resource to staff implementing the medical center policies, Patient Care Service procedures and memorandums at the unit level and guides staff in compliance with patient safety goals. Major Duties include but are not limited to: 1. Applies the nursing process in providing care for Veterans with complex nursing needs. Guides and directs others who provide care. Effectively prioritizes actual and potential problems/ needs. 2. The CNC will demonstrate clinical competency in completion of core and practice specific procedures/competencies according to the competency checklist for specific areas. 3. The Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) provides care and education to the Veterans who are processed through the CLC and GEC inpatient and outpatient programs. 4. Discharge planning is initiated at the time of the nursing assessment, reassessed, and revised throughout the patient's stay. Veterans will receive written discharge instructions upon discharge. 5. The Clinical Nurse Coordinator initiates interdisciplinary projects to improve organizational care and uses professional standards of care and practice to evaluate programs and services. 6. Implements educational plans to meet changing programs or services. 7. The CNC provides clinical coordination and oversight for GEC patient care including but not limited to care transition, outpatient and inpatient GEC programs, quality improvement, patient safety and nursing practice standards. CNC provides oversight of LPNs as needed. 8. The CNC will provide nursing care and continuous assessment based on written nursing standards of care, policies and orders by the provider. 9. The CNC provides direct patient care to specific patient populations. 10. The CNC will administer oral and intravenous medications, vaccinations as ordered by the provider. 11. The CNC will promote and maintain effective pain relief, comfort management, and emotional comfort. 12. Other duties include, but are not limited to answering the telephone, customer service via in person and/or telephone/VVC, obtaining specimens, paging physicians, paging ancillary departments for services, reviewing physician orders, facilitating carrying orders out, printing lab labels and patient wristbands, taking verbal orders in an emergency, assisting with transportation, coordinating patient bed flow with the Bed Management Center (BMC), completing encounters, checking for expired supplies, and cleaning non critical reusable medical equipment and other duties as assigned. 13. The CNC must be able to perform required duties during emergencies including evacuation procedures, Safe Patient Handling and ability to multi-task as well as respond to changing patient care needs simultaneously. 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 through Friday 7:00am to 3:30pm. Tour may rotate due to patient care needs. Compressed/Flexible: Available. Telework: ADHOC Telework Eligible. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), 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 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). The approving official may authorize a waiver of the requirement for ACEN or CCNE accreditation of any degree in nursing provided the college or university has regional accreditation from an accrediting body recognized by the Department of Education at the time of the candidate's graduation and the composite qualifications of the applicant warrant such consideration. In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. OR The completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing. Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript. (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. 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. Preferred Experience: Grade Determinations: The following criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates, and if appropriate, the level within a grade: Nurse I Level I - An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, with no additional nursing practice/experience required. Nurse I Level II - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 1 year of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a bachelor's degree in a related field with no additional nursing practice/experience; OR a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional nursing practice/experience. Nurse I Level III - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a Bachelor's degree in a related field and approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a BSN with approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) or related field with a BSN and no additional nursing practice/experience. Nurse II - A BSN with approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a Bachelor's degree in a related field and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Master's degree in nursing or related field with a BSN and approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree in nursing or meets basic requirements for appointment and has doctoral degree in a related field with no additional nursing practice/experience required. Nurse III - Master's degree in nursing or related field with BSN and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience. Note regarding MSN degrees: If your MSN was obtained via a Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration, a BSN is not required. Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-6 Nurse Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: Heavy lifting (up to 50 pounds); heavy carrying (up to 50 pounds); straight pulling (2-4 hours); pushing (2-4 hours); reaching above shoulders (1-2 hours); use of fingers; both hands required; walking (4-6 hours); standing (4-6 hours); repeated bending (2-4 hours); both legs required; ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and 20/40 in the other; both eyes required; ability to distinguish basic colors and shades of color; hear (aid permitted); mental and emotional stability.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Pittsburgh VA Medical Center 1010 Delafield Road Pittsburgh, PA 15215 US
• Name: Nicole Bender
• Phone: 484-703-9360
• Email: [email protected]