Registered Nurse (Case Management) - Intermittent

Quick Facts

• Role: Case Management Registered Nurse (Intermittent)

• Focus: Complex/high-risk patient care coordination and safe, efficient discharge

Description

The Case Management RN provides and supervises direct patient care using the nursing process to achieve high-quality outcomes. The role includes comprehensive assessments, risk identification and mitigation planning, coordinating complex care with an interdisciplinary team, and initiating discharge planning upon admission. You will lead meetings/rounds, educate patients and caregivers, apply InterQual criteria and/or DRG, maintain accurate documentation, and participate in performance improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments and comprehensive risk assessments

• Coordinate complex care across the continuum

• Facilitate communication among interprofessional health care team members

• Lead and attend interdisciplinary meetings/rounds

• Initiate discharge planning upon admission; arrange and document post-operative and follow-up care

• Apply InterQual Criteria and/or DRG with the interdisciplinary team

• Initiate patient care conferences

• Educate patient, family/caregiver, and the interprofessional team; ensure appropriate resources are in place prior to discharge

• Implement interventions, provide referrals, monitor and evaluate the individualized plan of care

• Facilitate primary care provider assignment when no primary care provider exists

• Engage in performance improvement activities

• Use computer programs (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

• Follow inpatient case management Standard Operating Procedures and relevant policies

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA policy

• English language proficiency (basic written and spoken)

• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by an accrediting agency (ACEN or CCNE) or meet the specified alternative education/registration pathways

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration

• Complete online onboarding and pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination

• Background/security investigation and possible urinalysis drug screening if selected for a testing-designated position

• Selective Service registration for eligible males

• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program

• May be required to serve a probationary period

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package for VA employees; eligibility depends on position type and other factors

• Federal benefits available for employees and their families (specific benefits vary by eligibility and position type)