Intermittent Registered Nurse; Home Based Primary Care

Job Summary

The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Intermittent Registered Nurse provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the HBPC Program. Responsible for care coordination, assessment, triage, Veteran education, resource coordination, medication and treatment coordination, and care planning.

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Alaska VA Healthcare System (AVAHS)

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OUR MISSION:
To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? The Alaska VA Healthcare System (AVAHS), complexity level 3 facility, serves Veterans throughout Alaska.

The parent facility is in Anchorage and we have four VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC). Anchorage has no income or sales tax, offers all the modern amenities, including shopping, dining, cultural opportunities, entertainment, and public transportation. Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, boating, skiing, climbing, golf, tennis, recreational leagues and wildlife photography are all pursuits available in or near Anchorage.

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• Duties include but are not limited to:
  Delivering technically competent care in the home of Veterans with complex needs, including vaccinations, lab draws, and catheter changes, as well as health promotion, health prevention, geriatric care, primary care, and palliative care. Utilizing interventions, which maximize health capabilities and reduce unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits, per Veteran's goals of care. During home visit, responsible for nursing assessment, triaging, Veteran education, resource coordination, and medication and treatment coordination.
  
  Protecting printed and electronic files containing sensitive data in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 and other applicable laws, federal regulations, VA statutes and policy, and VHA policy. Maintaining safety and infection control standards; strictly protecting verbal, written, and electronic patient personal and health information; maintaining a professional, healthcare business environment. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
  
  Work Schedule:
  
  No set schedule, position is intermittent. Telework:
  Not Available. Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not Authorized.

Note:

Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here:  If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

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The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission/NLNAC changed its name to ACEN in May 2013. ACEN's website may be utilized to verify accredited programs using automated inquiry processes; however, for verification of any nursing program's accreditation prior to 1998, an automated inquiry cannot be used and ACEN must be contacted directly via their email contact information on the ACEN website to verify.

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In order to grant credit towards an appointment based on foreign nursing education higher than the associate degree level, formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency accepted by VA such as the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) must be obtained.

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…