Home Based Primary Care-Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse

Home Based Primary Care Nurse

Major Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides direct veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to veterans and their care within the HBPC program.
• Responsible for case management, assessment, triage, veteran education, resource coordination, medication and treatment coordination, and care planning.
• Plans and delivers technically competent care in the home of veterans with complex needs, including health promotion, health prevention, geriatric care, primary care, and palliative care.
• Utilizes interventions, which maximize health capabilities and reduces unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits, per veteran's goals of care.
• Makes home visits to veterans in the program. The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
• Contributes professional outpatient nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team.
• This position potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments.
• All 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: Monday-Friday, 0730-1600 or 0800-0630

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized