RN Staff Home Based Primary Care
Job Location:
White River Junction, VT - USA
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Job Summary
The RN Staff - Home Base Primary Care position is in Geriatrics and Extended Care Service at the VA White River Junction Healthcare System located at the White River Junction VT location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.
NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information refer to Required Documents below.
The RN Staff - Home Base Primary Care position is in Geriatrics and Extended Care Service at the VA White River Junction Healthcare System located at the Brattleboro VT location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.
Included but are not limited to:
- Provide and supervise direct patient care ensuring accountabilities for all elements of the nursing process.
- Coordinate patient care across settings with emphasis on education self-management and patient satisfaction.
- Administer medications and perform clinical procedures per established policies and guidelines.
- Participate in unit and program-level quality improvement and customer service initiatives.
- Deliver evidence-based care to HBPC patients including oversight of licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants.
- Manage cases through assessment triage patient education resource and medication coordination and individualized care planning.
- Plan and deliver comprehensive technically competent care to veterans in their homes addressing complex primary geriatric preventive and palliative needs.
- Implement interventions to maximize health reduce hospital/ED visits and align with each veterans goals of care.
- Conduct routine home visits to veterans as part of care delivery.
- Support the orientation education and competency development of nursing staff; contribute to quality improvement and outcome evaluation activities.
- Provide constructive feedback to peers and foster a safe supportive and professional environment for staff development.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to resolve issues impacting the veteran experience including care coordination timeliness satisfaction and environment of care concerns.
- Incorporate the knowledge values and beliefs of patients families and caregivers into care delivery without judgement or discrimination.
- Advocate for patient family and caregiver needs to improve outcomes in the immediate practice setting.
- Serve as a resource for resolving ethical concerns for patients caregivers and staff.
- Lead the integration of evidence-based practice and research to improve care quality resource utilization and outcomes.
- Apply current evidence and research findings to daily practice resulting in process or outcome improvements.
- Assess clinical processes to identify opportunities for efficient and cost-effective care delivery.
- Monitor analyze and evaluate care outcomes to drive patient care improvements.
- Lead initiatives to integrate patient preferences and shared decision-making into care delivery.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: May be available on an Ad-Hoc basis at supervisors discretion
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
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
Notifications:
- This position is in the Excepted Service
- Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title series grade step tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards
- 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 evaluation/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.
- May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process.
- Selectee must have a valid unrestricted driving license
- .Selectee must have a clean driving record for the last 5 years
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
Preferred Experience:
- Home based care experience
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard please visit Requirements: All applicants must be physically able to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position. A pre-placement evaluation or physical examination shall be completed prior to appointment.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges universities schools or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information visit: Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Verification of accreditation may be obtained from or your school has changed names or is no longer in existence you must provide this information in your application.
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.
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