Registered Nurse Patient Aligned Care Team (Outpatient Staff)
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Job Location:
Birmingham, MI - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 74705 - 140540
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval award amount (up to $200000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
- Optimizes patient care delivery and patient outcomes by providing Case Management Care Coordination and Telephone/virtual care Management.
- Provides care to patients with acute problems patients undergoing transitions of care and patients with
chronic conditions especially high-risk patients who would benefit from case management. - Utilizes motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate development of patient driven goals for health
optimization. - Performs independently in collaboration with the provider to carry out the plan of care for the veteran.
- Delegates to other team members but is responsible for providing case management and care coordination
activities clinical triage and making complex clinical decisions - Responsible for the nursing care for patients and working with and/or leading other team members to
ensure quality care is delivered timely by the appropriate person. - Utilizes various platforms for visits including face to face telephone visits Video Connect Visits secure
messaging and possible inpatient visits to patients assigned to the teamlet. - Tracks patient outcomes to determine if interventions are effective.
- Complete tasks assigned to the LPN as needed but much of the role encompasses performing nursing
activities that include the core of the nursing process (assessment diagnosis outcome identification
planning and evaluation) and that requires specialized nursing knowledge judgment and/or skill. - Performs nursing assessments: triages face to face Video/Virtual visits or by telephone; in collaboration
with the patient and provider identifies goal for optimizing health. - Provides patient/family education to improve outcomes evaluates patients progress or la ck of progress
toward achieving goals; and performs case management activities and care coordination activities for those
patients assigned to the team who require those services. - Demonstrate leadership in delivering and improving holistic care to the adult and geriatric population
through collaborative strategies. - Provides direct nursing care to individual and groups of patients and assists with the direction and
supervision of other assigned clinical and/or clerical staff. - Responsible and accountable for coordinating patient care for individual and groups of patients ranging
from the young adult age 18 to the elderly adult age 65 or older. - Demonstrates good clinical practice still problem-solving skills and decision-making skills.
Preferred Experience: 2 years nursing experience
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards
Pay: 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)
Retirement: 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)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Work Schedule: 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday or 7:30am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday (some evenings and/or weekends)
Telework: Not Available (Ad Hoc may be required for weather safety at the discretion of management)
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Available
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Conditions of employment
- U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Subject to background/security investigation.
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
- English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f) no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- 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); OR Individuals attending a masters level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelors level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005 Appendix G6); OR 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. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
- 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. 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.)
Grade Determinations: 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. The Dimension requirements (Practice Veteran/Patient Driven Care Leadership Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research) are detailed for each grade and level within the online assessment: I Level I
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard please visit Requirements: This position requires visual acuity keen hearing clear distinctive speech and manual dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking standing stopping sitting bending pulling and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. The employee may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations or operative/invasive procedures. The employee may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium dementia or psychiatric disorders. The employee must be a mature flexible sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations able to shift priorities based on patient needs.
Additional information
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38 and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicants criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations Security and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- ICU Experience
- Hospice Care
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Home Care
- Nursing
- Catheterization
- Critical Care Experience
- Medication Administration
- Tube Feeding
