Registered Nurse - Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) - Togus

Registered Nurse - PACT

This Registered Nurse - PACT position is located in the Community Based Clinic located at the Togus location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care
• Provides direct veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to veterans and their care within primary care
• Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels
• Provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management
• Individual growth and development in outpatient PACT nursing practice with increased levels of self-direction
• Ability to formulate a plan of care based on nursing assessments
• 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 primary care principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills

Work Schedule:

Full Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Karen Chapman, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

EDRP Assignment Code: U5 Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

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

Notifications:
This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position. This position is in the Excepted Service. This position is covered by a special rate. Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent federal agency employees. 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.

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