Registered Nurse - Cardiac Care Coordinator
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Seattle, WA, United States
Summary
Puget Sound Health Care System is seeking a Registered Nurse - Cardiac Care Coordinator to deliver fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. Assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self‑management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care while also following procedures per established policies and guidelines.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
English language proficiency with a basic written and spoken English capability in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
Graduate of approved nursing program accredited by ACEN or CCNE.
Individuals in a master’s level bridge program may become registered after completing equivalent coursework.
Upon state licensure, the individual may be appointed on a temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment after successful completion and graduation from the bridge program (Reference VA Handbook 5005 – Appendix G6).
Foreign nursing graduate must hold a current, fully active, unrestricted registration and obtain formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA.
Current full, active, unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or District of Columbia.
Graduate Nurse Technician Exception: candidates who meet all other education requirements but lack licensure may be appointed as GNT on a 120‑day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case‑by‑case basis).
Grade determinations are based on scope, education, and dimension criteria (details available at https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12945959).
Grades and levels (Nurse I–III) are defined with specific educational requirements and experience thresholds as described in the qualification standard.
Physical requirements include heavy lifting (45 lbs), straight pulling (6 hrs), pushing (2 hrs), reaching, using fingers, walking (6 hrs), standing (2 hrs), repeated bending (6 hrs), color discrimination, and a specific visual requirement (20/30 corrected).
Environmental factors: working with hands in water and closely with others.
Duties
Acts as a bridge between patients and providers ensuring patient education, medication adherence, and answering questions.
Monitors patient progress, manages transitions, and assists with patient resources.
Coordinates and schedules patients for procedures.
Uses nursing knowledge and systems theory to assess, organize, facilitate, and guide Veterans through their full range of care options, including internal and community care.
Possesses knowledge of the internal referral care process, clinical review criteria, utilization management standards, clinical documentation requirements, community care regulations, and VHA standards and guidelines.
Serves as a liaison to internal and community providers, including home‑health agencies, and manages veteran care throughout the consult process.
Supports the medical center’s mission to improve timely access to care and ensure veterans receive community services timely and with high quality.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members within the VA and in the community.
Participates in developing, implementing, and evaluating interdisciplinary care.
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the effectiveness of veteran care.
Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines.
Influences care outcomes by collaborating with interdisciplinary team members.
Benefits
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: competitive salary with regular increases, potential performance awards; 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays); traditional federal pension with 5‑year vesting and federal 401(k) with up to 5% VA contribution; federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long‑term care insurance (many federal insurance programs continue into retirement); one full, unrestricted state license; work schedule 7:30 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. or 7:30 a.m.– 6:00 p.m.; telework not available; no virtual component; relocation or recruitment incentives not authorized.
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Puget Sound Health Care System is seeking a Registered Nurse - Cardiac Care Coordinator to deliver fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. Assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self‑management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care while also following procedures per established policies and guidelines.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
English language proficiency with a basic written and spoken English capability in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
Graduate of approved nursing program accredited by ACEN or CCNE.
Individuals in a master’s level bridge program may become registered after completing equivalent coursework.
Upon state licensure, the individual may be appointed on a temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment after successful completion and graduation from the bridge program (Reference VA Handbook 5005 – Appendix G6).
Foreign nursing graduate must hold a current, fully active, unrestricted registration and obtain formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA.
Current full, active, unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or District of Columbia.
Graduate Nurse Technician Exception: candidates who meet all other education requirements but lack licensure may be appointed as GNT on a 120‑day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case‑by‑case basis).
Grade determinations are based on scope, education, and dimension criteria (details available at https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12945959).
Grades and levels (Nurse I–III) are defined with specific educational requirements and experience thresholds as described in the qualification standard.
Physical requirements include heavy lifting (45 lbs), straight pulling (6 hrs), pushing (2 hrs), reaching, using fingers, walking (6 hrs), standing (2 hrs), repeated bending (6 hrs), color discrimination, and a specific visual requirement (20/30 corrected).
Environmental factors: working with hands in water and closely with others.
Duties
Acts as a bridge between patients and providers ensuring patient education, medication adherence, and answering questions.
Monitors patient progress, manages transitions, and assists with patient resources.
Coordinates and schedules patients for procedures.
Uses nursing knowledge and systems theory to assess, organize, facilitate, and guide Veterans through their full range of care options, including internal and community care.
Possesses knowledge of the internal referral care process, clinical review criteria, utilization management standards, clinical documentation requirements, community care regulations, and VHA standards and guidelines.
Serves as a liaison to internal and community providers, including home‑health agencies, and manages veteran care throughout the consult process.
Supports the medical center’s mission to improve timely access to care and ensure veterans receive community services timely and with high quality.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members within the VA and in the community.
Participates in developing, implementing, and evaluating interdisciplinary care.
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the effectiveness of veteran care.
Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines.
Influences care outcomes by collaborating with interdisciplinary team members.
Benefits
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: competitive salary with regular increases, potential performance awards; 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays); traditional federal pension with 5‑year vesting and federal 401(k) with up to 5% VA contribution; federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long‑term care insurance (many federal insurance programs continue into retirement); one full, unrestricted state license; work schedule 7:30 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. or 7:30 a.m.– 6:00 p.m.; telework not available; no virtual component; relocation or recruitment incentives not authorized.
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