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Summary Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the effectiveness of the Veteran's care. Serves to support delivery of high quality, timely care to the Veteran receiving services in the community. Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs. Responsibilities The Community Care (CC) Community Health Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for executing a streamlined approach to receiving, triaging, and directing timely, coordinated care. The nurse demonstrates proficient practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills. The CC Community Health RN possesses intimate knowledge of the internal referral care process, clinical review criteria, utilization management standards, clinical documentation requirements, community care regulations, and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) standards and guidelines. The CC Community Health RN uses nursing knowledge and systems theory to assess, organize, facilitate, and guide Veterans through their full range of care options including internal/direct care in Veterans Affairs (VA) and care in the community. The CC Community Health RN serves as a liaison to both internal and community providers and is responsible for managing the care of the Veteran throughout the delivery of community -based care services, such as purchased skilled homecare and home infusion services. Interact with community providers to ensure timely evaluation and receipt of the plan of care and appropriate documentation of the service provided; act as the liaison in coordination of seamless discharges from inpatient VA and Non-VA hospitals and transition back to VA Primary Care. The CC Community Health RN supports the medical center's mission to improve timely access to care, ensure Veterans who want to receive purchased skilled care in the community are referred and scheduled into the community, and support the delivery of high quality, timely care to the Veteran receiving community services. The CC Community Health RN will influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team both within the Veterans Affairs (VA) and in the community. The CC Community Health RN will comply with VA- mandated processes and use of health information solutions that serve to assess, document, exchange, and track care coordination information. The CC Community Health RN will utilize delegation of authority, if applicable, to function at their highest level of role performance and align high u00adquality care with key performance indicators to ensure practice standards meet patient care needs. Supports colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals. Evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations. Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level. Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility. 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 Requirements Conditions of Employment 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 (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. 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