Registered Nurse - Patient Aligned Care Team (Outpatient)

<p>The Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care. Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels. Responsible to the assigned rating and approving supervisors.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Duties include but not limited to the following: Provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department; Provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management; Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels; Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement; Assists in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and enhance outcomes utilization; Contributes professional outpatient nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team; 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; Demonstrate the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities; Demonstrates competence in primary care practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills; Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure the plan of care is achieved. 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: 7:30am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday. Subject to change based on the needs of facility. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): 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.