Registered Nurse (Patient Aligned Care Team)

Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN)

The Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based gender-specific care to primary care patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting. 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. The PACT Nurse leads the provision of nursing care to patients with complex care needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice. Other duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to the following:

• Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
• Applies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes within the immediate practice setting.
• Assists in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic, primary care through collaborative strategies with others.
• Evaluates practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence.
• Contributes professional outpatient nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team.
• Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture.
• Participates/leads daily and PRN huddles with assigned teamlet to facilitate communication of team to ensure patient care needs are met.
• Completes patient discharge follow-up calls within specified timeframe.
• Serves as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, improving outcomes for the immediate practice setting.
• Demonstrates proficiency in utilizing Primary Care Data Sets in VA Support Service Center (VSSC) to identify high risk patients and review other specific patient populations
• Leads professional practice using the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to improve evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes for an identified patient population and/or specialized areas within immediate practice setting

Perform other related duties as listed on functional statement. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

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

No

This is not a virtual position.

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