Registered Nurse (Telehealth)

Duties
The Registered Nurse Home Telehealth Coordinator is responsible for case managing care across the health care continuum for a select group of Veteran patients, assuring that care is timely, appropriate, of high quality and cost effective. He/She works closely with the primary care provider(s), other health care professionals, internal and external services and community agencies.

Major Duties:

• Provides professional assessment, coordination and planning of multiple health care services, acts on behalf of the Veteran to assure that necessary clinical services are received and that progress is made.
• Provides ongoing evaluation of care management services;
• Demonstrates skills and abilities in interpersonal relations, critical thinking and problem-solving and conflict resolution;
• Performs care management, a process that increases the likelihood that a Veteran will receive easily accessible, coordinated, continuous, high quality health care across all settings, including home.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 08:00 am to 4:45 pm
Functional Statement Title/#: Registered Nurse (Home Telehealth Registered Nurse Care Coordinator)

Qualifications
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• U.S. citizenship. Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-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). 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.
• 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)
• 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.