Registered Nurse - Primary Care RN

Job Title

Registered Nurse Care Manager

Duties

This position supports the Primary Care Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Model. The Registered Nurse (RN) Care Manager demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies utilizing the PACT model of care. The RN works in partnership with an assigned panel of patients and team members for effective disease and chronic care management. The RN Care Manager executes position responsibilities of the PACT model by using the nursing process and evidence-based practice to collaborate with services internal and external to the VA to facilitate care transition to effectively meet the patients' needs. The RN Care Manager provides patient and family health education with a focus on self-management, prevention, and wellness, based on the patient's goals. The RN Care Manager demonstrates leadership by serving as an advocate for patients, and a team leader with colleagues as she/he continues to enhance his/her own and the team's professional growth, development, and practice.

Benefits

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, 0730-1600

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs