Registered Nurse-Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)

About the role

The Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Registered Nurse (RN) is accountable for all aspects of the nursing process and is responsible for delivering and overseeing high-quality, direct patient care.

Responsibilities

• Administering medications and performing clinical procedures in accordance with established policies and guidelines.
• Collaborating with interdisciplinary team members to influence care outcomes. This includes active participation in unit- or program-level quality improvement initiatives and customer service efforts.
• Delivering competent, evidence-based, gender-specific care to primary care patients, while providing appropriate oversight of licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants.
• Providing direct patient care and care coordination for Veterans within the Primary Care Department.
• Managing assigned patient panels, utilizing registries, and ensuring timely access and appropriate evaluation for all patients.
• Promoting health and wellness through education, coaching, disease prevention, and chronic disease management strategies.
• Supporting nursing education, orientation, competency development, and contributing to quality improvement and outcomes initiatives.
• Demonstrating leadership in the delivery and enhancement of holistic primary care through collaborative approaches.
• Continuously evaluating clinical practice based on the best available evidence and offering constructive, informal feedback to peers.
• Fostering a safe, supportive, and growth-oriented environment for healthcare team members.
• Contributing nursing expertise during interdisciplinary team discussions and decision-making.
• Partnering with colleagues to drive positive change and optimize patient outcomes.
• Sharing knowledge to support safe, high-quality outpatient nursing care.
• Exchanging educational insights, experiences, and best practices with peers.
• Participating in strategies and initiatives that strengthen 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.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Qualifications

• Nurse I, Level I: Delivers fundamental, knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical competencies.
• Nurse I, Level II: Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills and technically competent practice in providing care to clients with basic or complex.
• Nurse I, Level III: Demonstrates proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning. Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations.
• Nurse II: Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.
• Nurse III: Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience and creative approaches to management of complex client care beyond the immediate practice setting.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards.
• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
• Retail Pension: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance.
• Health/Vision/Dental/Term Life/Long-Term Care: Many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
• Relocation Expenses Reimbursed: No.
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Pay

• $80,313 - $152,171 per year
• Salary is contingent upon education and experience and may be offered at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.

Schedule

• Work Schedule: Monday to Thursday, 7:30am to 6:00pm
• Compressed/Flexible: Compressed Available.
• Telework: Available.

Additional Information

• The Veterans Health Administration, including VISN 19 and the Sheridan VA Health Care System, will comply fully with the intention and instructions contained in the "Return to Office" Executive Order. This position will likely be eligible to telework on a limited Ad-Hoc basis only.
• The PACT RN is responsible for coordinating comprehensive patient-centered care with a strong emphasis on education, self-management support, and overall patient satisfaction across the full continuum of care.