Puget Sound Healthcare System is seeking a Community Care Coordinator Registered Nurse who delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. This Registered Nurse assesses plans, implements, and evaluates the effectiveness of Veteran's care. They will serve to support delivery of high quality, timely care to the Veteran receiving services in the community.
Duties include but are not limited to: Demonstrate proficient practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills. Supports the mission of delivering timely access to care, ensure Veterans who want to receive 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.
Possess knowledge of the internal referral care process, clinical review criteria, utilization management standards, clinical documentation requirements, Community Care regulations, and Veteran Health Administration standards and guidelines.
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 the VA and care in the community Serves as a liaison to both internal and community providers and is responsible for managing the care of the Veteran throughout the consult process.
Work collaboratively to triage Request for Services (RFS) to coordinate care processes, to include developing a core coordination plan, reviewing medical documentation from community providers, communication of care coordination needs, and supporting the Veteran through the completion of the episode of care. Utilize health information solutions to assess, document, exchange, and track care coordination information.
Utilize Delegation of Authority, if applicable, to function at their highest level of role performance and align high-quality care with key performance indicators to ensure practice standards meet patient care needs. Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based practice culture Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
Preferred or Specialized Experience: Previous experience in Care Coordination and/or Consult Management. Previous experience in a multi-disciplinary clinical setting.
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: Monday - Friday 7:30a.m.
- 4:00p.m. Compressed/Flexible: Authorized and may be available after orientation Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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. Note: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission/NLNAC changed its name to ACEN in May 2013.
ACEN's website may be utilized to verify accredited programs using automated inquiry processes; however, for verification of any nursing program's accreditation prior to 1998, an automated inquiry cannot be used and ACEN must be contacted directly via their email contact information on the ACEN website to verify.) Note: In order to grant credit towards an appointment based on foreign nursing education higher than the associate degree level, formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency accepted by VA such as the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) must be obtained.
audrea.cutchin@va.gov · 503-220-8262 X50046
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $87285 – $161201/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-27.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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