Registered Nurse-Patient Aligned Care Team (Outpatient)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Fort Wayne, IN · 3 days ago
HealthcareFull-time
About the role
The Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education - self-management - and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
Responsibilities
- Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
- Coordinates care focused on patient education - self-management - and customer satisfaction.
- Provides and/or supervises direct patient care.
- 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.
- Assists 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.
- 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: 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).
- 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.)
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).
- 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.)
Skills
- English Language Proficiency
- Knowledge of nursing processes
- Ability to administer medications and procedures
- Coordination of care
- Leadership in delivering and improving holistic care
- Collaborative strategies with others
- Evaluation of practice based on best evidence
- Informal constructive feedback for improvement
- Safe and supportive environment
- Knowledge sharing to provide safe - quality outpatient nursing care
- Sharing educational findings - experiences - and ideas with peers
- Questions PACT clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care
- Participation in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture
Benefits
- Comprehensive total rewards package including competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards - paid time off - retirement - federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care.
Pay
- Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards.
Schedule
- Full-time Monday-Friday 0730-1600.
- Compressed/Flexible: Not Available.
- Telework: Not Available.
- Virtual: This is not a virtual position.