Registered Nurse - Community Care

<p>The Community Care (CC) Registered Nursing (RN) Navigator is responsible for executing a streamlined approach to receiving, triaging, and directing timely, coordinated care. The RN delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. The RN Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. The RN demonstrates proficient practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>The RN Navigator uses the nursing process to collaborate with EKHCS care providers and community care providers ensuring the highest level of care for our Veterans. The RN Navigator is responsible for collaborating with services internal and external to the VA to facilitate care transition in order to effectively meet the patients' needs. The RN Nurse Navigator facilitates processing of Requests for Services received from community providers requesting authorization of payment for community services by VA for eligible veterans. The RN Navigator is responsible for providing indirect nursing care by applying clinical nursing knowledge and skills, and for ensuring the safety and comfort of patients and families according to legal, organizational and professional standards. The RN Navigator will review medical records of Veterans receiving outpatient services as well as hospitalized as inpatients in the Community. The RN Navigator provides patient and family health education with a focus on self-management, prevention, and wellness, based on the patient's goals. The RN Navigator demonstrates leadership by serving as a preceptor or mentor to colleagues or students to enhance professional growth, development and practice. The RN Navigator demonstrates leadership by serving as an advocate for patients, team player to colleagues as she/he continues to enhance his/her own and the team's professional growth, development and practice.VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: 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-4:30PM Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p><h3>Requirements</h3>U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.