Registered Nurse - Patient Aligned Care Team

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The duties and responsibilities of this position include:

• Demonstrating clinical knowledge in assessing, planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating care for a designated group of patients across the continuum of care.
• Triaging and applying a collaborative team approach in identifying, analyzing, and resolving patient care problems.
• Collaborating with patients to assess and identify needs, issues, care goals, and resources in critical factors for achieving desired outcomes for discharge, post hospital recovery, and health maintenance/wellness.
• Maintaining current knowledge of multidisciplinary resources, programs, and services, referring patients for community resources as appropriate.
• Utilizing problem-solving methodologies and advancing clinical knowledge to resolve system and/or processes that impact patient care.
• Assisting with navigation of health systems and intervening or referring as needed to facilitate the achievement of patient outcomes.
• Providing care, respecting patient's personal values, cultural, and belief systems.
• Assisting with the development, assessment, and monitoring/evaluation of comprehensive plans of care to ensure efficient, effective, and coordinated care in meeting and promoting standards of wellness.
• Coordinating an interdisciplinary approach to assure physical, psycho-social, and environmental needs and resource delivery to achieve patient goals.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) Authorized: This position is eligible for EDRP, a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of your start date. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP Participants are ineligible to apply for the program. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io for questions/assistance.

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; 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Compressed/Flexible: Not available

Telework: Ad-hoc only and based on agency policy, not regular or reoccurring

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized