Registered Nurse (PACT) - Outpatient

<p>The Nurse Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex primary care. This nurse provides sex-specific direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department. Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Duties include, but are not limited to: Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge in assessing planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating care for a designated group of patients across the continuum of care: Recognizing the age related cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological maturation needs of the adult and geriatric patient. Triages and applies a collaborative team approach in identifying, analyzing, and resolving patient care problems. Collaborates with patients to assess and identify needs, issues, care goals, and resources in critical factors for achieving desired outcomes for discharge, post hospital recovery and health maintenance/wellness. Maintains current knowledge of multidisciplinary resources, programs and services, referring patients for community resources as appropriate. Demonstrates ability to collaborate with all levels of services and disciplines. Collaborates with patient, family and care providers in all settings where care is being provided to evaluate and update changes in the patient-driven life plan and patient management. Reviews options with patients and families, including costs, alternatives, risks/benefits and services. - Advocates fiscal responsibility through monitoring utilization of resources. Assists with the navigation of health care systems and intervenes or refers as needed to facilitate the achievement of patient outcomes. Enhances patient self-management by providing information regarding all options, choices, and resources. Provides care, respecting patient's personal values, cultural, and belief system. Actively participates in care delivery with priority attention to patient preference. Provides and promotes patient-driven care in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner, using evidence-based principles. Promotes cost effective use of resources; effective least-expensive strategies expected in non-face-to- face approaches (including telehealth) Maintains privacy and confidentiality of all patient information, including electronic, print, and conversations. Serves as a resource for patient and family rights, responsibilities, and decision-making information and processes. Applies skills, such as motivational interviewing to promote patient self-management toward patient-driven holistic care plan for life. Supports the facility's EEO/affirmative action programs by executing assigned duties and responsibilities in a professional manner. Guides others in the recognition of and participates in the resolution of ethical issues. Works with interdisciplinary teams on care coordination, disease prevention and population health management. Maintains professional knowledge and skills based on current evidence-based practice. Demonstrates leadership by sharing knowledge with colleagues or students to enhance professional growth, development and practice. Formally shares information gained from continuing education experiences within or across units and/or within the medical center. Acts as a role model in fulfilling work commitments, seeking out and assuming additional responsibilities and assisting others with career development. Promotes wellness by empowering the patient to self-management through education and patient-driven health care delivery. Actively participates in policies, procedures and standards to promote evidence-based patient- driven care. Completes mandatory reviews, including motivational interviewing, to promote patient self- management toward individualized life plan of care. Maintains expertise in chronic care/disease management and Health Promotion/Disease Prevention. Promotes patient, family and team interactions and problem solving by actively participating in interdisciplinary meetings to facilitate collaboration and the achievement of identified goals. Functions as a resource to others to incorporate the principles of communication and the team concept. Initiates/actively participates in interdisciplinary opportunities to improve patient care at the program level. Follows infection control and medical center policies, including reusable patient equipment. 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, 8am to 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized</p><h3>Requirements</h3>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 examination. 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. Requires BLS Certification. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.<h3>Education</h3>IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on 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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Applicants with foreign education can obtain a credential evaluation through the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) to determine education equivalency in the US. For more information, please see: http://www.icdeval.com/