Job opening: Registered Nurse (Lead Home Telehealth Care Coordinator-Connected Care)
Salary: $96 644 - 161 116 per year
Published at: Nov 16 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
Duties
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
The Lead Home Telehealth Care Coordinator (LHTCC)- Connected Care is a registered nurse with advanced knowledge in clinical care, education, care coordination, care transition, virtual care modalities and technologies, quality improvement, patient safety, and nursing practice standards. The LHTCC-Connected Care provides leadership and oversight to Remote Patient Monitoring-Home Telehealth (RPM-HT) daily operations of the Connected Care nursing programs. The LHTCC reports to the Facility Telehealth Coordinator and assists the TCT Supervisor in providing programmatic, educational, performance improvement, and clinical support. The LHTCC-Connected Care is accountable for adhering to established policies & procedures , standards of care, evidence-based practice, national directives, and applicable statutes in nursing/healthcare.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
Assumes accountability for sustaining at or above the benchmark in patient outcomes, own or all staff clinical competencies, utilize evidenced-based practice to drive performance improvement initiatives in telehealth/organization, department education, and patient satisfaction
Provides direct care utilizing critical thinking and all aspects of the nursing process, care management principles and technologies within a collaborative and interdisciplinary practice setting.
The LHTCC-Connected Care will be the leader to use evidenced based practice principles to identify opportunities for improving patient care, driving opportunities for quality improvement and continuously enhance staff education and professional development.
Will work collaboratively to sustain at/or above the organizational performance metrics, implement educational plans, and address ethical issues that impact clients and staff.
Will function as lead and master preceptor for RPM-HT (If not a master preceptor will have one year to become a master preceptor) and participate in Local, VISN and National Connected Care workgroups.
Responsible and accountable for the planning, organizing, and evaluating effectiveness related to clinical, informatics, and/or administrative process changes, analyzing issues impeding change, developing corrective actions to expedite change, and assuring optimum utilization of available resources to maintain a climate conducive to quality patient care and employee satisfaction.
Functions as a culturally sensitive educator, both formal and informal in serving as a liaison between internal and external customers
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 to Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
EDRP Authorized: Contact
[email protected] the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
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:
2-3 Years experience as a Home Telehealth Care Coordinator preferred
BSN
MSN
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: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019
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 Bronx VA Medical Center
130 West Kingsbridge Rd.
Bronx, NY 10468
US
- Name: Christophine Rivera
- Phone: 718-584-9000 X5856
- Email: [email protected]
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