Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Care Service - Women Health - Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)

About the role

The Registered Nurse (RN) in our Women's Health Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) provides primary care in an outpatient setting. This role includes managing patient panels—guiding licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants—and ensuring timely access to care.

Responsibilities

• Manages patient panels and guides LVNs/NAs
• Ensures timely access to care
• Promotes wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management through education and coaching
• Contributes to nursing orientation, competency development, and quality improvement initiatives
• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic primary care through collaborative strategies with others
• Evaluates practice in an ongoing process-based on best evidence
• Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals
• Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes
• Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality gender-specific nursing care
• Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers
• Questions gender-specific PACT clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care
• Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture

Requirements

Basic Requirements:

• English Language Proficiency
• 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: ACEN or CCNE
• In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program
• Credit for foreign nursing education higher than associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD)
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia
• Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)
• Grandfathering Provision: All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification
• Grade Determinations: The following Scope, Education, and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates, and if appropriate, the level within a grade

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements
• Education
• Physical Requirements
• Work Schedule

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards

Schedule

7:30 am to 4:00 pm M-F