Registered Nurse (Transfer Coordinator)

<p>The Registered Nurse Transfer coordinator is directly responsible for the facilitation and monitoring of the community hospital referrals to the VA facility, VA to VA, and VA to community hospital. This individual is substantially responsible for collaborating with other staff for appropriate oversight and management of emergency care received through community hospitals.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Duties and responsibilities, but not limited to: Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex client care. Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others. This includes working with providers to coordinate clinical and administrative information needed to make prudent decisions regarding services, and providing accurate, timely and comprehensive analysis and reports to VISN 9 leadership and VA leadership. In addition, this position has oversight of the emergency reporting system for emergent admissions to community hospitals utilized by VHA, VISN, and local VA. This position will follow Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) when reviewing emergency episodes of care for 1703, 1725, and 1728. This position collaborates with Care in the Community, House Supervisor, Traveling Veteran Coordinator, and Bed Control. The Transfer Nurse actively participates in activities and utilizes clinical knowledge and skills to insure appropriate level of care, utilizes standardized criteria to conduct clinical reviews for appropriateness of admissions, continued stay, utilization of outpatient and ancillary services, collects data, participates in analysis and reporting, and participates in IDT teams, and serves as a liaison with the clinical staff to facilitate quality care that is cost effective. The nurse will work closely with Care in the Community to provide care coordination and transition back to VA for Veterans who have utilized community hospitals for emergency care. 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 Pay Scale: NF23 Work Schedule: 0800 - 1630 EST 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.<h3>Education</h3>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.