Registered Nurse - Home Based Primary Care; HBPC

Position: Registered Nurse - Home Based Primary Care (HBPC)
The VA Western New York Health Care System is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse (RN) to serve as a member of the Home Based Primary Care (HBPC)
Team and provide care to Veterans living in the Buffalo, New York area. Commute to additional surrounding areas may be required on rare occasions.

The HBPC RN 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.

The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) RN provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the HBPC Program. The RN is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to HBPC patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting. The incumbent will utilize interventions, which maximize health capabilities and reduces unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits, per Veteran's goals of care.

These duties include, but are not limited to:

* Makes home visits to Veterans in the program.

* The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.

* Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic, home-based care through collaborative strategies with others. Evaluates practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence.

* Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement.

* Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.

* Contributes professional outpatient nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team.

* Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality HBPC nursing. Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.

* Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.

* Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture.

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:

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

Telework:
Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized