Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator

The Kansas City VA Healthcare System is recruiting for one Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator. The Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator will function in Specialty Care Nursing Service. The Specialty Clinics specializes in the delivery of comprehensive medical specialty care to adult and geriatric patients utilizing the Neighborhood Model, in collaboration with the Patient Aligned Care Teams in Primary Care and other services.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards The Care Coordinator provides patient-driven, proactive, personalized, team-based care oriented toward wellness and disease prevention resulting in improvements in Veteran satisfaction improved healthcare outcomes and costs. The Cardiology Section provides the following care services: Outpatient Cardiology Clinic appointment availability for: Cardiac consults Follow up care Pacemaker synchronization and remote monitoring Inpatient Services for: General Cardiology care Cardiology consult Monitoring Services for: 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) tracings/interpretations Holter monitoring Event recording Stress Testing for: Exercise stress testing Pharmacologic and Exercise Nuclear stress testing Pharmacologic and Exercise Echocardiography stress testing Echocardiogram Procedures for: Transthoracic Echocardiogram examinations Trans-esophageal echocardiogram (TEE) Saline contrast studies Definity contrast studies Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Procedures for: Bi-phasic synchronized cardioversion Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization Diagnostic and interventional peripheral vascular procedures Pericardiocentesis Temporary pacemaker insertion Permanent pacemaker and defibrillator implants Cardiac loop recorder implants 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: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's 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 evaluation. 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.