The Community Care Coordination Nurse Manager provides executive leadership and direct supervision to the care coordination and care routing staff. Provides leadership in planning strategic activities necessary to support quality patient care, access, cost effectiveness, staff and patient safety, and customer satisfaction.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Aggregates data and participates in the budget process to plan for current, emerging, and future resource requirements (financial, human, materiel and/or informational) Provides leadership in determining allocation of resources (financial, human, materiel and/or informational) based on patient care systems that produce high quality outcomes Manages the resources (financial, human, materiel and/or informational) of a complex program or service in a manner which applies professional standards of practice in the most effective, efficient method resulting in favorable outcomes Ensures employees follow appropriate standard operating procedures related to the equipment, devices, and work practices that impact or have the potential to impact the environment Mentors and/or precepts staff Participates in the development of education programs and staff development models to facilitate career progression and to increase productivity and performance Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates education strategies to meet complex care needs within changing practice environments for diverse population groups. Assesses and provides for own educational needs to ensure competence in current and future functional role responsibility in a dynamic health care environment Evaluates and updates functional statements, position descriptions, and competencies for areas of responsibility Manages complex personnel matters while maintaining the dignity of the constituents and upholding the intention of governing directives Promotes achievement of the organization's Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plans Serves as a catalyst to utilize cultural diversity to enhance professional development, productivity and performance improvement Provides a leadership role in professional, community, and governmental bodies that shape health care policy, contributing to the development/improvement of the healthcare delivery system and better patient outcomes Develops systems and processes to support staff participation in interdisciplinary work groups. Fosters a climate for practice that enhances job satisfaction through mutual responsibility for productivity and quality improvement Manages planned and imposed change in an effective manner, assisting the consumer within the organization and/or community to move through the change process Develops, implements, and maintains formal and informal communication systems with a wide constituency of colleagues Solicits and synthesizes input from all levels of staff and addresses issues and barriers that impact on quality of care, productivity, and professional development. Assumes leadership within the professional through involvement in professional organizations and the academic community Shares expertise within and/or external to the organization by leading interdisciplinary groups such as committees, task forces, projects, formal teaching, publishing, or professional activities Identifies outcomes that can be improved and leads the performance improvement process to improve and/or sustain clinical and administrative outcomes Identifies and develops and/or initiates programs to ensure a safe and therapeutic environment for patient s and staff Provides leadership in the development, implementation, and review/revision of policies, protocols, procedures, standards of care, and competencies for complex and diverse integrated programs, and evaluates operational outcomes. Provides leadership in research or evidenced-based practice utilization in the areas of nursing, health and/or management systems which are congruent with the organization's mission and goals Establishes processes to support evidence-based clinical and administrative practice, including developing, conducting, and evaluating research activities Establishes processes to present and share unit-based, service/program-wide and/or organizational research and evidence-based performance activities 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: 8:00am to 4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc only, at the discretion of the hiring manager. Virtual: This is not a virtual or Remote position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Approved EDRP: 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: 3-5 years nursing experience. Minimum 1 year case management 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: Light lifting (under 15 lbs), Light carrying (under 15 lbs), Use of fingers, Both hands required, Specific visual requirement: see computer screen, Hearing (aid may be permitted). Environmental Factors: Working closely with others, Working along.

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 Anchorage VA Medical Center 1201 North Muldoon Road Anchorage, AK 99504 US
• Name: Laura Wallace
• Phone: 5414401000 X40529
• Email: [email protected]