Registered Nurse-Lung Nodule Registry Coordinator

Responsible for providing competent evidence base care to assign patients. Provides patient management care coordination and disposition planning for patients. Assist veterans family members and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex healthcare needs. Coordinate care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care. Coordination also includes assuring services interface within the veterans affairs and community programs to provide a continuity of care to patients.

Manages potential Lung Nodule Registry (LNR) enrollment by performing chart reviews to verify eligibility and appropriateness. Organizes and lead and services to educate and share information about the Lung Nodule Registry program with clinical staff. Facilitates follow up referrals to evidence based smoking sensation care. Optimize patient centered care practices through care management screening exams procedures and clinical appointments. Maintains accountability for following imaging studies and their recommendations. Collects and analyzes program data from a variety of sources for meetings and presentations. Court dates and schedules LNR primary care/nursing visits for education at dissemination of education over materials. Assist with planning LNR promotional events. Provides timely communication and reports as needed to the interdisciplinary team. Performs initial and ongoing monitoring and tracking of abnormal images/lung nodules and communicating with providers to ensure that they are alerted to abnormal findings when necessary. Responsible for other duty supporting LNR assigned.

Addresses psychosocial as well as nursing and medical needs of patience and their family/caregivers through participation with the interdisciplinary carotene. Coordinate an expedite care from diagnosis to treatment. Evaluate care and outcomes to ensure timely inappropriate provision of services. Advocate for holistic care through patient/family education and provider interaction and implements and educational plan to meet a patient care needs. Collects analyzes and reports program evaluation for assessment on the impact of implementing long nodule registry and to make evidence based improvements.

Demonstrates leadership and delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others. Evaluate practice in an ongoing process based on evidence. Provides peers with an informal constructive feedback for improvement. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals. Contributes professional nursing perspective and discussions with the interdisciplinary team. Partners with others to affect change and produce optimal outcomes. Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing and provide safe quality nursing care. Shares educational findings experiences and ideas with peers. Questions clinical practice for the purpose of providing evidence based care. Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence based practice culture.

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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: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Functional Statements: 61044-F through 61048-F

Conditions of employment

• 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers 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 examination.
• 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.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f) no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a masters level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelors level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005 Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing possession of a current full active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
• 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. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements but do not possess the required licensure may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)