Registered Nurse (Patient Aligned Care Team

Registered Nurse Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)

This Registered Nurse Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) is an outpatient position located at the Primary Care Service Line, Providence, RI. The position is full-time at 40-hours per week. Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides competent, evidence-based gender-specific care to primary care patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting;
• Provides direct veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to veterans and their care within the primary care department;
• 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;
• Assists in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization;
• 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;
• Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes;
• Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality outpatient nursing care;
• Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers;
• Other related 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:

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

Telework:
Eligible, as determined by the agency policy (Ad-Hoc)

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact jaime.perez3, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

• 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.
• This position is a LIUNA Bargaining Unit position.