The Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC/CCBOCs) Primary Care Mental Health Integration Care Coordinator (CPCC) is a condition specific (e.g., depression), protocol-driven service to collaboratively assist Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) providers in treating common mental health and health behavior concerns.

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards The CPCC RN collaborates with CPCC Social Workers, Primary Care Provider (PCP) and PCMHI Provider with Prescribing Privileges (PCMHI PwPP) and other Behavioral Health Care Line (BHCL) programs and PACTs across underserved CBOC/CCBOCs to provide Veterans with mental health triage, monitoring, bridge-care, and assistance with accessing appropriate levels of mental health care across NMVAHCS. To achieve this function, the CPCC RN has several primary responsibilities, including but not limited to, providing ongoing training to CBOC/CCBOC PACTs to improve identification of mental health care needs and appropriate and successful referrals to care, the coordination and tracking of handoffs and consults to PCMHI from CBOC/CCBOC PACTs to ensure successful initiation of appropriate mental health care resources, and serving as point of contact as liaison and between the CBOC/CCBOC PACTs and BHCL programs to facilitate continuity of care across levels and locations of mental health care in our system. The CPCC RN has specialized training in behavioral health and engages in weekly consultation meetings to perform specific responsibilities to include, but not limited to, nine required core activities: Patient outreach and engagement in mental health care Initial assessment, care coordination, and consult management, including determining the appropriate level of mental health care for patients and tracking and assisting them in accessing that care. These teams take direct referrals of patients that are appropriate for "level 1" mental health care from CBOC/CCBOC PACTs, PCMHI Collocated Collaborative Care providers, and other BHCL teams such as Suicide Prevention and Outpatient Mental Health (OMH) clinics. Patients who have called the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) in last 24 hours would be a priority for this team. Entry of all patients receiving PCMHI care into Behavioral Health Lab (BHL) to ensure follow-up, track engagement in PCMHI care coordination protocols, monitor treatment response, and use evidence-based screening measures to evaluate the effectiveness of PCMHI Participation in weekly caseload consultation Provision of psychoeducation and brief interventions using evidence-based techniques such behavioral activation, motivational interviewing, and other focused treatment strategies Monitoring of patient progress using validated patient reported outcome measures Ongoing review of progress and recommendations for changes in treatment Ongoing collaboration with and coordination of the patient's care with the treating PCP and other healthcare professionals Relapse prevention planning throughout care, including transition from active treatment to maintenance as goals are achieved The CPCC RN is accountable for adhering to established policies, standards of care, and practice and for demonstrating leadership, self-direction, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex patient care. The CPCC RN should possess understanding of ethical principles that create and foster an environment of Veteran advocacy and is accountable for adhering to established policies and standards of care. The CPCC RN provides education to Veterans, their families, and BHCL staff members, as well as staff throughout this Medical Center. The CPCC RN assesses and analyzes age and culturally specific psychosocial, medical, spiritual, and social needs of Veterans aged 17 years and above who are seeking access to any Behavioral Health services. The CPCC RN identifies his/her own area of learning needs to maintain current knowledge of psychiatric nursing, utilizing current literature, and continuing education. The CPCC RN is actively involved in Performance Improvement (PI) activities and participates in unit, service and Medical Center committees and task forces. The CPCC teams provide only tele-mental health services and are 100% telework positions. The CPCC RNs will work in unison with CPCC Social Workers teams are part of the NMVAHCS PCMHI team. The CPCC RN is directly responsible to the BHCL Outpatient Nurse Manager. Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases 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, M-F, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Available Virtual: Available 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. 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. 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 (45 lbs and over); Heavy carrying (45 lbs and over); Straight pulling and pushing; reaching above shoulder; use of fingers; both hands required; walking and standing up to 8 hours; repeated bending; Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; hearing aid permitted.

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 Raymond G Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1501 San Pedro Drive, Southeast Albuquerque, NM 87108 US
• Name: Daniel Aliceacotto
• Phone: 505-519-3391
• Email: [email protected]