Registered Nurse- HBPC Lakes Region​/Seacoast

This Registered Nurse-HBPC Lakes Region/Seacoast position is in Nursing, Ambulatory Care Service and located at the Tilton & Somersworth NH location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

Included but are not limited to:

* Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components.

* Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.

* Plans and delivers technically competent care in the home of Veterans with complex needs, including health promotion, health prevention, geriatric care, primary care, and palliative care.

* Utilizes interventions, which maximize health capabilities and reduces unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits, per Veteran's goals of car.

* Makes home visits to Veterans in the program

* Focuses on individual growth and development in HBPC nursing practice with increased levels of self-direction.

* Seeks guidance on how to improve care provided to patients and families.

* Delegates elements of care to the appropriate individual based upon assessed needs, condition, and safety of the patient.

* Brings HBPC principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.

* Manages consults and patient inquiries (electronic or telephone) expeditiously.

* Use appropriate data sources (PACT Almanac, Clinical Reminders/dashboards) for proper patient management.

* Schedules home visits according to patient needs and understanding; schedules consults promptly.

* Monitors patients at high risk for hospitalization and keeps the HBPC Provider and Primary Care Provider apprised of clinical issues needing provider intervention.

* Provides individualized education and support to the patient and caregiver to optimize clinical outcomes and support quality of life decisions.

* Develops and coordinates the patient's plan of care to include ongoing assessment and re-assessment, care planning, care coordination, monitoring, and evaluating clinical outcomes.

* Identifies specific goals and develops a treatment plan within 30 days of admission, collaborating with other interdisciplinary team members.

* Evaluates patient progress towards achieving goals every 90 days

* Effectively provides care and manages clinical issues of a panel/caseload of 25-40 Veteran patients

Work Schedule:

Full Time, Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm

Compressed/Flexible:
Not Authorized

Telework:
Not Authorized

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

May be Authorized to highly qualified applicant

Notifications:

* This is not a Bargaining Unit Position

* This position is in the Excepted Service

* This position is covered by a special rate.

* 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.

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

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards