Summary
This Registered Nurse - Remote Patient Monitoring - Home Telehealth Care Coordinator position is located in the Telehealth service at the West Haven campus. It is a full-time position, 40 hours per week.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
- English Language Proficiency
- Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing (ACEN or CCNE)
- OR enrollment in a master's level nursing bridge program with coursework equivalent to a bachelor's degree
- OR foreign nursing graduates with current unrestricted registration
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a professional nurse in the US
- Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) exception for those pursuing licensure
- Grade determinations based on education, experience, and credentials, detailed in the provided online assessment link
- Preferred experience in Telehealth outpatient services
- Physical ability to perform duties; pre-placement physical exam required
Duties
- Perform responsibilities demonstrating leadership and participation in HT experiences
- Manage complex patient care creatively and cost-effectively
- Apply care and case management principles using health informatics and HT technologies
- Improve clinical outcomes, access to care, and reduce complications and hospital visits
- Conduct initial and ongoing patient assessments, including reviews of systems
- Triages and assesses data from HT patients
- Identify and intervene in potential exacerbations and coordinate timely care
- Communicate with community providers and interdisciplinary teams
- Support patient self-management through education and counseling
- Facilitate communication regarding patient progress and clinical trends
- Ensure understanding of care plans and question practices for evidence-based care
Additional Information
- Salary: Competitive, with regular increases and potential performance awards
- Paid Time Off: 50 days/year (annual leave, sick leave, holidays)
- Retirement: Federal pension and 401K
- Insurance: Federal health, vision, dental, life, long-term care
- Licensure: Unrestricted license from any US State or territory
- Work Schedule: Full Time, 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
- Position is not virtual; may work at any VA Connecticut Healthcare System campus as needed
- Current and former federal employees must submit SF-50s
- This is an Excepted Service position with salary based on grade and step