PACT Registered Nurse

Job Title

RN - Registered Nurse

The RN uses the nursing process and evidence-based practices to collaborate with the team in developing and implementing individualized care plans. The nurse supports patient self-management through education and coaching, ensures timely follow-up, and monitors response to treatment. This role involves both in-person and virtual care delivery, including telehealth.

Duties include:

• 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.
• Integrates outpatient nursing knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment and is self-directed in goal setting for managing complex PACT situations.
• Demonstrates competence in primary care practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic, primary 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.
• 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.

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:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Available

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized