Registered Nurse-Outpatient; PACT

Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self‑management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.

The Nurse, Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence‑based gender‑specific care to primary care patients with oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants as appropriate to the setting. This nurse provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department. The nurse performs triage and assessment of patients on the team panel or unit making sure to provide prompt and appropriate treatment for Veterans health concerns to ensure care is timely.

The nurse demonstrates high quality customer service skills. Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels. This nurse provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. This includes managing and monitoring high risk patients on the panel for improvement of patient outcomes including prevention of hospitalization and improvement in ambulatory care sensitive conditions.

The nurse collaborates and coordinates care with interdisciplinary team members from other services within the department as well as services in the community. The nurse supports virtual care clinic modalities. The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and enhancing outcomes utilization. This nurse integrates outpatient nursing knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment and is self‑directed in goal setting for managing complex PACT situations.

Validates understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions. Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence‑based care. The nurse will demonstrate the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities. The nurse demonstrates competence in primary care practice and decision‑making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills. Responsible for participating within unit based and/or organizational level Shared Governance councils, utilizing clinical expertise, evidence‑based practice, and knowledge to assist with finding solutions to problems or issues to improve the quality care provided to our veterans.

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: Monday‑Friday days w/o weekends
• Compressed/Flexible: Not available
• Telework: Ad hoc only
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  May be authorized for well qualified applicants