Registered Nurse-Case Manager (Community Care)

Veterans Health Administration; Newington (CT); Remote; USD 86,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework eligible

Paid time off

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration's Newington VA Healthcare System in Newington, CT is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse-Case Manager (Community Care). The CM RN provides care coordination, discharge planning, and patient management across inpatient and outpatient settings, collaborating with Veterans, families, and a multidisciplinary team.

The role emphasizes addressing complex health needs, transitions across care settings, and quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• RN licensure in the US state (active) and eligible for federal employment.
• Experience with care coordination and discharge planning across inpatient/outpatient settings.
• Ability to coordinate with multiple providers and teams for complex care needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based nursing care and case management.
• Coordinate care and discharge planning for patients across care settings.
• Support Veterans, families and caregivers in accessing appropriate services.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to ensure safe transitions across the health care continuum.
• Evaluate outcomes and support nursing education and quality improvement.

Skills

Care coordination

Patient management

Discharge planning

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Job description

Registered Nurse-Case Manager (Community Care)

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This Registered Nurse position is in Care in the Community at the Newington VA Healthcare Systems, located at the Newington, CT. campus. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

The Case Management (CM) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients. Provides patient management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings. The CM RN assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs.

This includes, 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. The CM RN coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care.

The CM RN addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation in interdisciplinary patient care management practice. The CM RN also evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services. The CM RN will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.

Practice includes directing other providers. Partners with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team to promote effective and safe transitions across the health care continuum. The CM RN has fundamental experience with the situations in which they are ultimately expected to perform, integrating theoretical concepts, basic critical thinking skills, and technically skilled practice.

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, Days, Monday - Friday Compressed/Flexible: This is position is not eligible 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 – $146414/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-01.

Who is eligible to apply?

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