Patient Aligned Care Team Outpatient Registered Nurse

PACT RN Care Manager

The PACT RN Care Manager assumes the following major duties and responsibilities:

• Provides direct patient care based on current standards of nursing care, PACT recommendations, patient care needs, and staff competencies.
• Participates and leads others after an appropriate orientation period, in PACT performance measure improvement activities such as, but not limited to, 2-day post-discharge contact, chronic disease management, clinical reminder compliance, etc.
• Participates/proposes/leads others, after an appropriate orientation period, in ongoing PACT process improvement workplace activities as appropriate to the individual's position, education, and practice environment.
• Plans and leads others, after an appropriate orientation period, in the documentation of patient care and nursing resource utilization, accounting of maximum staff productivity, staff/time efficiency, and positive patient outcomes.
• Supports more than one PACT as an RN Care Manager when clinically indicated and guides others in the same after an appropriate orientation period.
• Participates in/leads daily and weekly PACT huddles.
• Performs unit audits as assigned and serves a Clinic Charge Nurse when applicable.
• Maintains current knowledge of and adheres to Primary Care standards, recommended practices and guidelines.
• When available/offered, successfully completes Care Coordination and Transition Management (CCTM) and Telephone Triage training.
• Complete TEACH and Motivational interviewing training within first year of assignment to PACT.
• Guides allied health care providers and support personnel with appropriate authority.
• Performs other 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

Compressed/Flexible: N/A

Telework: N/A

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not available