Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Telehealth (HT) Care Coordinator

THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION The Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Telehealth (HT) Care Coordinator is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients. The incumbent of this position works with potential non-VA community partners to improve access to rural and highly rural Veterans to healthcare services via telehealth initiatives and programming. Major duties: THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION! The Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Telehealth (HT) Care Coordinator is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. The incumbent assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Also, the HT Care Coordinator RN coordinates care for a panel of patients throughout the continuum of care to assure that care is timely, appropriate, of high quality and cost effective. The RN - HT Care Coordinator is also responsible for the following duties: Facilitating shared decision making with the Veteran, identifying Veteran needs/goals and development/modification of a patient-specific plan of care. Advocating for telehealth program needs at the facility, bringing matters requiring higher level intervention to the attention of facility leadership. Facilitating communication across primary care, specialty care, other healthcare professionals and team members, other clinics, and community agencies. Monitoring core quality and performance measures for all telehealth programs. Developing mechanisms to evaluate and monitor the quality, safety, efficiency, utilization, productivity, and effectiveness of telehealth. 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: Up to 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 (1 FTE); 0800 - 1630, depending on the needs of the facility. Telework: Ad-hoc only, as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements: 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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). 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 evaluation. 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. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.