Registered Nurse - Supportive CTraC, Palliative Care, Medical Service

<p>This Registered Nurse position is located in the Medical Service at the West Roxbury campus location of VHA Boston. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Collaborate with inpatient teams to identify Veterans with complex medical and social needs and serious illness for enrolment in Supportive Coordinated Transitional Care (CTraC) Program Provide post-discharge care coordination, education, anticipatory symptom management, and alignment with goals of care Coordinate care between inpatient and outpatient palliative care, geriatrics, prosthetics, rehabilitation medicine, and pharmacy teams Provide outpatient clinic support to include triage of consults, hospice referrals, responding to veteran and family calls and secure messages, symptom assessment and collaboration with providers. Facilitate hospice referrals to home and other facilities including in other states. Collaborate closely with hospice agencies and social work. Provide nursing and clinician education on hospice, palliative care and Supportive CTraC at VA, affiliates, and MA Hospice Federation. Participate in national CTraC community and mentor Supportive CTraC nurses across the VA. Collect data on Supportive CTraC program to ensure value added, improved care, and cost avoidance. Continually evaluate program effectiveness in collaboration with GEC leads. 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: Full-Time, 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: AdHoc Telework may be authorized when needed for inclement weather and state emergencies Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Notifications: This position is in the Excepted Service Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is covered by a special rate.</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 be physically cleared to work 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.<h3>Education</h3>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. The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp. - If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application. - If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.