Nurse; Home Based Primary Care, Outpatient

Position: Nurse (Home Based Primary Care, Outpatient)
The VA Portland Health Care System is hiring for their Bend CBOC, located in Bend, Oregon. The Registered Nurse (RN) Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) position is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process. The RN (HBPC) provides competent, direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the HBPC Program.

The RN has oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants as appropriate to the setting.

Bend is a city in Central Oregon and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is located to the east of the Cascade Range, on the Deschutes River. The site became known by pioneers as a fordable crossing point of the river, where it was ran through a bend. An 1870s ranch popularized the name "Farewell Bend", with the post office later distinguishing the area as Bend.

It was incorporated as a city in 1905, starting off as a logging town. In 1910, Mirror Pond was created as a dammed river reservoir to provide energy. In 1950, the two major logging companies were consolidated due to depleted timber, causing an economic drop. In later decades, it experienced rapid growth as a center of recreation.

The RN (HBPC) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex HBPC care.

Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

* Responsible for case management, assessment, triage, Veteran education, resource coordination, medication and treatment coordination, and care planning.

* This nurse plans and delivers technically competent care in the home of Veterans with complex needs, including health promotion, health prevention, geriatric care, primary care, and palliative care.

* Utilize interventions, which maximize health capabilities and reduces unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits, per Veteran's goals of care.

* Make home visits to Veterans in the program.

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

* Demonstrate performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for the HBPC Program and facility.

* Provide peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.

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

* Foster a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.

* Evaluate outpatient outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for HBPC individuals, groups, and populations.

* Responsible for the documented HBPC outcomes at the program or service level.

* HBPC program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.

* 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.

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; 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am - 4:30pm PST

Telework:
Not available.

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not authorized.