RN - Patient Aligned Care Team

The Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) 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 Nursing, Primary Care Department.

The Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. They assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components. The PACT RN is expected to manage patient care in an astute manner, which promotes positive patient outcomes including the areas of triage, telephone triage, and scheduled and unscheduled patients.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

* 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.

* Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client 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.

* Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.

* Supports colleagues and other nurses through primary care knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.

* Performs additional duties as assigned.

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

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized