OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?
General Description of Assigned Duties: Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines.
Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: The Registered Nurse (RN) Utilization Management (UM) Coordinator is focused is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction. Uses UM Criteria to perform basic reviews while developing technical and clinical competencies.
The nurse is a novice with limited experience with the situations in which they are ultimately expected to perform. This is the dependent stage of working closely with a UM preceptor with a goal of developing skills and judgment to utilize the nursing process in real situations. The nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.
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, 8:00 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m. Compressed/Flexible: Not available. Telework: Not available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
WILLIAM.SIMMONS@VA.GOV · (717) 272-6621 X4024
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $80848 – $154831/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-21.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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