The VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) is a Level 1a major interdisciplinary teaching healthcare system, offering a variety of Inpatient and Outpatient services to Veterans at the medical center in La Jolla and at the six Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located in Chula Vista, Escondido, Imperial Valley, Kearny Mesa, Oceanside, Sorrento Valley, and Rio Clinic.
The VASDHS provides high quality care with advanced technologies and a compassionate service to Veterans.
The Pulmonary RN Care Coordinator assumes the following major duties and responsibilities: Provides direct patient care, as necessary. Follows and coordinates care of patients evaluated and cared for in the pulmonary fellows' and pulmonary diagnostic clinics. Schedules and coordinates patients for pulmonary procedures. Coordinates care of patients followed in the pulmonary nodule clinics. Coordinates care of patients referred or scheduled for lung transplants.
Provides education and consultation services to patients scheduled for pulmonary procedures. Coordinates Cancer Survivor and cancer prevention events. Organize and lead in-services to share information about lung cancer screening programs with clinical staff. Collaborate with radiology to facilitate scheduling of imaging examinations. Manage clinic workflow to optimize patient care services. Performs other duties as assigned.
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 Compressed/Flexible: N/A Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Note: Only education or degrees of professional nursing approved by the appropriate 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); 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.
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Geehan.Chua@va.gov · (925) 372-2334
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $103980 – $188494/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-19.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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