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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.

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