OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to: collaborating with services internal or external to the VA to provide care coordination for Veterans requiring primary and specialty services processing consults utilizing clinical judgement and VA guidelines to determine if services can be provided in-house, via Tele-health or E-consult, inter-facility or if they need to be referred to the community for care providing patient and family education to facilitate successful participation in accessing health care demonstrating leadership by serving as a resource or mentor to VA and non-VA stakeholders to enhance professional growth, development, and practice acquiring and demonstrating clinical expertise and knowledge of VA and non-VA health care programs to improve the quality of patient care and ensure timely access to care planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying and evaluating the effectiveness of the services s/he provides as it relates to VA care in the community and/or services to improve the quality of patient care and the appropriateness and timeliness of services provided providing the clinical guidance and expertise for the coordination of the various care options available to the Veteran by providing clerical, administrative and financial management support for medical services under the Veterans Medical Benefit Package organizing and coordinating the clinical components for the authorization of services in response to individual healthcare needs in multiple settings while centering services around the patient to foster patient self-managed care and maximize efficient and cost-effective use of health care resources utilizing all avenues of resources available to provide safe and efficient timely coordination of quality health care and services providing technical, administrative, and logistical support to Veterans and their family members, VA staff, and non-VA health care providers to effectively manage the care of Veterans utilizing various options available for providing care to the Veteran (i.e. inhouse consultation, Inter-facility Consults (IFC), and non-VA purchased community care) per current protocol and within VHA's timeliness standard coordinating services with PACT and external stakeholders to facilitate coordination of care to ensure timely access to healthcare services facilitating and developing strong professional relationships with VA and external customers, including community providers, services, local area facilities, and Third Party Administrators (TPA) serving as a liaison to community providers to facilitate and support Veteran access to care and high complex care needs, providing education on community care processes as needed contacting non-VA healthcare facilities and providers, handling of sensitive data and medical documents required to be adept (or able to be trained) in CPRS, HSRM, PPMS, TPA portals, and other pertinent electronic programs. functioning as the initial contact for providers inquiring about consults, authorizations, processes, and procedures collaborating with several disciplines (i.e., VA and non-VA staff, IFC, specialty services, and the Patient Business Office) supporting a global perspective in prioritizing work and assisting team function committing to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, or community (ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses) 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: Full time, Monday- Friday, 8:00am- 4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. 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: Specialty Care, Specialty Care coordination (i.e. Dermatology/Lesion/ENT, Cardiology, Endocrinology/diabetes, general surgery, urology, podiatry, physical medicine & rehab, outpatient therapies) experience preferred. 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: 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. Mechanical inpatient lifts are provided. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations, operative/invasive procedures, or home settings. 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. Must complete annual Employee Health requirements, such as annual TB screening or testing, as a condition of employment. The incumbent who provides care in home settings or other off-site locations may be required to drive and/or ride in GSA-vehicles.

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 Jack C Montgomery VA Medical Center 1011 Honor Heights Drive Muskogee, OK 74401 US
• Name: Diva Pullum
• Phone: 720-857-2537
• Email: [email protected]