Registered Nurse (RN), Primary Care

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (RN) for Primary Care within a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)
• Focus: Complex outpatient primary care for Veterans
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30am–4:00pm

Description

This Primary Care RN position works within the PACT outpatient model, executing the nursing process for direct patient care and supporting complex primary care management through leadership and creative approaches. The role provides gender-specific direct Veteran care and care coordination, manages assigned patient panels using registries, and supports health promotion, education, coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. The nurse collaborates on developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising primary care policies, procedures, and guidelines, and documents PACT outcomes at the program or service level.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care
• Manage assigned patient panel(s) and ensure appropriate evaluation and access
• Provide health promotion, health education, and wellness coaching
• Support disease prevention and chronic care management
• Collaborate on policies, procedures, and/or clinical guidelines
• Improve care delivery through leadership and performance feedback
• Provide peer support and nursing knowledge sharing for safe, quality care
• Foster a safe, supportive environment for professional development
• Evaluate outpatient outcomes tied to evidence-based decisions and practice changes
• Document and support broad, complex PACT outcomes at program/service level

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship; non-citizens only if it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA policy
• English proficiency (written and spoken) for direct patient care roles
• Graduation from an approved/accredited nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) or approved equivalent pathway
• Current, full, active, unrestricted RN licensure in a U.S. state/territory or DC

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards
• 50 days paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, and federal holidays)
• Traditional federal pension (with vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% contributions
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options
• License: 1 full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory