Registered Nurse PACT-Outpatient Staff

The Registered Nurse Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) duties include but are not limited to the following: Complete face to face telephone and video assessments to establish nursing diagnoses as needed. Assess plan implement and evaluate care based on population specific components. Knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on the patients conditions; to use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments; and to accurately recognize report and record relevant patient information. Ability to observe identify and respond to the patients needs for care including medication equipment-assisted care and patient/family education. Provide health education and procedural teaching to patients and significant others. Perform procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influence care outcomes using effective communication and collaboration with members of the interdisciplinary team. Administer medicine per established policies and guidelines. Establish priorities and making ethically-sound decisions to ensure safe patient care. Assist the physicians during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to promote optimal patient outcomes by team collaboration. Respond to emergency situations to promote optimal patient outcomes by recognizing changes in patients health status. Perform diagnostic studies within the scope of nursing practice as ordered by the physician. Document patient data to ensure continuity in the provision and coordination of patient care. Collaborate with other health care professionals. Communicate with veterans and family members regarding veterans care. Knowledge and understanding of human behavior patient motivations and reactions to situations and ability to appropriately utilize this knowledge in working effectively with patients family members and other staff. Establish constructive relationships with individual patients and their families to promote positive relationships and communication. Foster an environment of respect for individual patient and family rights to privacy and dignity in all aspects of care delivery. May be responsible for charge nurse duties. Manage follow-up care. Act as resource to others. Participate in continuing education achieving/maintaining certification. Possess knowledge of unit level quality improvement indicators. Apply knowledge and actively participates in unit/program level quality improvement processes and initiatives. Provide excellent customer service according to ICARE values. Execute position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership experience and creative approaches in the management of complex patient care. Additional duties as assigned such as covering/float to other teams (Teamlet).

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: Intermittent; 7:45am-4:15pm
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
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.)