Registered Nurse - Outpatient PACT

About the role

The Hudson Valley VA Healthcare System is seeking a Full-Time Registered Nurse to work on the Outpatient Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT).

Responsibilities

• Provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department.
• Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels, to include participation in the Care Coordination Integrated Case Management model of care.
• Provides health promotion, health education, and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.
• Affords support in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies, and provides 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.
• Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
• Contributes professional outpatient nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team.
• PARTNERS WITH OTHERS TO EFFECT CHANGE AND PRODUCE OPTIMAL OUTCOMES.
• SUPPORTS COLLEAGUES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE SHARING TO PROVIDE SAFE, QUALITY OUTPATIENT NURSING CARE.
• SHARES EDUCATIONAL FINDINGS, EXPERIENCES, AND IDEAS WITH PEERS.
• QUESTIONS 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: 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).
• English Language Proficiency: No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.

Qualifications

• Basic Education Requirements: Possession of a 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.
• Dimension Requirements: 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.
• Practice - Veteran/Patient Driven Care - Leadership - Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research: 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.

Skills

• Bilingual skills preferred.
• Experience in case or care management preferred.
• Experience in medical/surgical settings preferred.
• Case management certification preferred.
• Experience in recent nursing practice preferred.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive salary with regular salary increases and 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.
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).

Pay

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Schedule

Full-time: Monday - Friday (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM)

Contact Information

VISN2EDRPCoordinators@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance