Job Summary:

The TVC will be the designated point of contact and work with the PACT or specialty care providers to coordinate care between the preferred and alternate facilities for Veterans on extended travel.  This includes assisting Veterans in scheduling appointments; transferring non-electronic records; arranging provider-to-provider contact, if necessary; ensuring a process is in place to facilitate specialty care, adequate supplies and medications; communicating the outcome of the care coordination back to the requesting provider; and generally facilitating the needs of traveling Veterans seeking care at alternate VA medical facilities. 

Work Schedule: Primarily Day Shift

Functional Statement Title: Traveling Veteran Coordinator RN

Duties:

1. The TVC is generally responsible for facilitating the needs of traveling Veterans seeking care at alternate VA medical facilities.

2.  The TVC will also evaluate multi-PACT assignments in the Clinical Information Support System to determine need for; or lack thereof a multi-PACT assignment based upon medical complexity.  Documentation then must take place in CPRS and CISS the intent of the Veteran based on chart review and approval/denial of PACT request.

3.  Cross-coverage of the Inter-facility Transfer Coordinator and Bed Coordinator positions is a requirement. 

4.  The TVC is responsible for educating Veterans and the medical facility about the position in order to facilitate understanding of the role and further promote coordinated care of the traveling Veteran by conducting meetings at least annually with primary care, specialty care, emergency department, behavioral health, eligibility and operators to collaborate on best practice for traveling Veterans.

5.  Collaborate with PCMM and IFC manager to streamline PACT assignment process and TVC consult process.

Conditions of employment

• Must pass pre-employment examination.
• Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
• Background and/or Security Investigation required.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

Physical Requirements:

This position involves considerable amount of standing, walking, stooping, bending, reaching, lifting, and turning. It requires restraining confused clients, repositioning patients, assisting with transfers from wheel chairs/stretchers and transporting them to other departments or facilities. Mechanical devices are available and are required to be used for heavy or difficult to lift clients. The work may involve pushing or lifting in excess of 50 pounds and going up and down flights of stairs. The position requires visual and auditory acuity at a level to provide safe and effective nursing care. The position requires the nurse to work for periods of time with arms above shoulder level or with neck in a fully flexed or extended position and the ability to physically control or defend against emotionally ill clients. The position also requires ability to work on computers for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:   

• U.S. citizenship.  Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Full unrestricted Licensure, Certification, or Registration required
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant:  The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).  In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing.  The completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing.  Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6)
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.  
  

Education/Experience Requirements: BSN Preferred.

Grade Determinations:  Experience as a RN will be evaluated to determine if the experience is of an acceptable level of quality with regard to the following four dimensions of nursing: Practice, Professional Development, Collaboration and Scientific Inquiry. Each dimension of practice has criteria that demonstrate essential core competencies for VHA Nursing Personnel.  The criteria are as follows:

• Practice: practice, ethics and resource utilization;
• Professional Development: performance, education/career development; 
• Collaboration; collaboration, collegiality;
• Scientific Inquiry: quality of care, research.     
  

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-6 Nurse Qualification Standard.  This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your application, résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified.  Please follow all instructions carefully.  Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.

NOTE:  Applicant's education and length of nursing practice (experience) will be considered by a Nurse Professional Standards Board in determining the grade and step of the applicant selected.