Nurse

About the role

The RN is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. This position is located at the Bath VA Medical Center - within the Outpatient Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Team.

Responsibilities

• Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex primary care.
• Provides gender-specific direct Veteran care and care coordination within the Primary Care Department.
• 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.
• Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
• Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for the Primary Care Department and facility.
• Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Supports colleagues and other nurses through primary care knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
• Evaluates outpatient outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for primary care individuals, groups, and populations.
• Responsible for the documented PACT outcomes at the program or service level; PACT program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.
• Ensures care is consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care to multiple areas of outpatient PACT and Specialty Care nursing.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency – In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on