Registered Nurse - Case Management

Veterans Health Administration

West Haven (CT)

On-site

USD 86,000 - 146,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in West Haven, CT seeks an experienced Registered Nurse for inpatient case management within Nursing Operations. The role focuses on patient management, discharge planning, and coordinating care across multiple providers to meet complex health needs.

Responsibilities include leadership in holistic care delivery, collaboration with Veterans, families, and caregivers, and ensuring timely services while working a full-time schedule grounded in the VA's

Qualifications

Current, full, and unrestricted RN license in the United States.

Responsibilities

Provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients.
Assist Veterans, family members, and caregivers with options and services to meet complex health care needs.
Manage patient care, coordinate care across providers and settings including inpatient and outpatient.
Lead care planning and discharge/disposition planning to ensure timely and appropriate services.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to improve holistic patient care and outcomes.

Skills

Care coordination

Discharge planning

Nursing operations

Patient care

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or higher

Job description

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This Registered Nurse Inpatient Case Management position is in Nursing Operations at the West Haven VA Healthcare Systems, located at the West Haven, CT. campus. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

This Registered Nurse position is located in Nursing Operations located at the West Haven, CT campus. The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients. The Registered Nurse assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs.

Duties include but are not limited to: Provides patient management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care to include but is not limited to: acute, chronic, multiple, complex, catastrophic, or life-threatening illnesses; combat stress, residuals of traumatic brain injury; community adjustment; addictions and other health problems.

Addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation in interdisciplinary patient care management practice. Evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services. Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards 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: Full-time, Monday- Friday, Days.

Some weekends may be required dependent upon the needs of the agency. Telework: Ad-hoc. As determined by agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Notifications: This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position. Selectee may be required to work at any VA Connecticut Healthcare System campus, as needed. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action).

The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is in the Excepted Service. The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp. If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.

If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $85600 – $146420/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-09-24.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.