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Job opening: RN - Nurse Manager - Referral Coordination Team

Salary: $84 251 - 140 515 per year
City: Marion
Published at: May 21 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Marion VA Health Care System is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

Duties

The Marion VA Health Care System is seeking a highly motivated Registered Nurse Manager to Supervise the Centralized Referral Coordination Team within Chief of Staff Service in Marion, IL. This position reports directly to the Group Practice Manager Chief. The incumbent will primarily be assigned to the Referral Coordination Team for consult review and directing care coordination relating to Internal Consults and referral to Community Care, when applicable. This position is primarily a day shift position. The incumbent will be required to complete administrative tasks established by the immediate supervisor. Not all duties may be listed, so other duties may be assigned. The incumbent will execute position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care. The position requires flexibility and may have to provide direct care in emergency situations. The incumbent is accountable for adhering to established policies, exemplifying high quality standards of care, utilizing evidence-based nursing practice standards, and for demonstrating leadership and accomplishments when providing patient care. The incumbent assists in the development and implementation of programs to improve the delivery of patient care. Provides an environment that fosters employees to perform to their full individual potential, promotes a culture of staff empowerment and transformational leadership. The incumbent demonstrates a high level of clinical expertise, leadership, and creative approaches to management. Serves as a resource and role model to the staff. Demonstrates critical thinking, problem solving and collaborative skills in a potentially high stress environment. Promotes, creates, demonstrates, and ensure a culturally diverse workforce in which the values and needs of all individuals are respected. Works cooperatively with union leadership and will adhere to EEO principles. The incumbent communicates with patients, family members, internal and external co-workers and customers in a courteous, tactful, helpful, and understanding manner. He/she is administratively responsible to the Group Practice Manager and responsible for other team members. The incumbent is required to be BLS certified. Position not eligible for full/time telework. Specific responsibilities include planning, administering, directing care delivery by maximizing efficient consult completeness, appropriateness, and timeliness to schedule. Assists clinical services in the identification of consult issues, needed consult redesign, care delivery, referral paths. Works with both Internal services and Community Care to identify flow issues or process improvement. PLEASE NOTE: These positions require Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. If selected, Applicants will provide proof of current certifications prior to employment. Only BLS certification which included Automated External Defibrillator (AED) obtained from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or the Military Treatment Training Network (MTN) will be accepted. 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, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding Federal holidays Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Ad hoc as needed to meet the needs of the department 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

Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), 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 the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited 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); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (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 to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD). 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. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.) NOTE: Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification. Grade Determinations: The following Scope, Education and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates, and if appropriate, the level within a grade. The Dimension requirements (Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research) are detailed for each grade and level within the online assessment: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12419281. Grade/Level Scope Education Nurse I, Level I Delivers fundamental, knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical competencies. An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, with no additional professional nursing required. Nurse I, Level II Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills and technically competent practice in providing care to clients with basic or complex. An ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 1 year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I, Level 1 ;OR a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional professional nursing experience required. Nurse I, Level III Demonstrates proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning. Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations. An ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 2 years of professional nursing experience in which one year is equivalent to Nurse I, Level 2; OR a BSN and 1 year of professional nursing experience equivalent to the Nurse I, Level 2; OR a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) and no additional professional nursing experience; OR a Master's degree in a *related field with a BSN and no additional professional nursing experience. Nurse II Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others. A BSN with 2 years of professional nursing equivalent to Nurse I, Level 3; OR an MSN with one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I, Level 3; OR a Master's degree in a *related field with a BSN and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I, Level 3; OR a Doctoral degree in Nursing with no professional nursing experience; OR a Doctoral degree in a *related field with a BSN with no additional professional nursing experience. Nurse III Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience and creative approaches to management of complex client care beyond the immediate practice setting. MSN and 2 years of specialized nursing experience, one of which is equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III; OR a Master's degree in *related field with BSN and two years of specialized nursing experience, one of which is equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III; OR a Doctoral degree in Nursing with and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III; OR a Doctoral degree in a *related field with a BSN and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III. *Note: Foreign education programs/degrees are not creditable as related degrees. Preferred Experience: Recent (within 2 years) demonstrated leadership/charge nurse in clinical or inpatient areas, BSN, Five years' experience as Registered Nurse. Demonstrated experience in care coordination relating to Internal Consult appropriateness and Community Care eligibility. Knowledge of CPRS, CTM, Scheduling GUI, Scheduling Policies and Procedures, Internal and Community Care Consult Policies and procedures is preferred. 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: Able to communicate with Veterans and staff via phone and in person (with or without adaptive equipment), Unusual fatigue factors (emotional stress), Protracted or irregular hours of work, Work closely with others, Light lifting (under 15 pounds), Light carrying (under 15 pounds), Prolonged close computer work, Prolonged work in surgical mask, Reading and writing (prolonged periods with or without adaptive equipment), Bright artificial lighting, Constant noise (shared workspace), ability to rapidly switch between tasks.

Education

*****Education requirements listed in the Qualifications section above*****

Contacts

  • Address Marion VA Medical Center 2401 West Main Street Marion, IL 62959 US
  • Name: Wendi Evans
  • Phone: 618-922-5032
  • Email: [email protected]

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