Registered Nurse - PACT Outpatient

About the role

The Albany VA Healthcare System is seeking a Registered Nurse to work Full Time on the Outpatient Patient Aligned Care Team at the Westport VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic Location.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Affords oversight to licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants - as appropriate to the setting - and provides direct Veteran care and care coordination - as it pertains - to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department
• Responsible for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care
• Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team - and will actively participate in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs
• Coordinates care focused on patient education - self-management - customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care - and administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines
• Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines
• Provides peer feedback for improvement
• Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes
• Evaluates practice in an ongoing process - based on best evidence
• 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: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply

Qualifications

• 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: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply

Skills

• BSN preferred
• 2 years of Medical/Surgical experience preferred
• Phlebotomy experience preferred

Benefits

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

Pay

Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards

Schedule

Full-time Monday - Friday (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM) - no weekends or holidays

Contact

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