Registered Nurse, Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (PACT) — Primary and Ambulatory Care

• Team focus: Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)

• Reporting: Nurse Manager

Description

The Registered Nurse (RN) serves on the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) to coordinate patient-centered primary and ambulatory care, improving health outcomes through care management, coordination, and collaboration. The RN provides timely, accessible, respectful, Veteran-centered care and supports quality, documentation, and service improvement efforts.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care for ambulatory clinic patients

• Assist providers with selected procedures

• Perform or support diagnostic testing (e.g., EKG, phlebotomy, wound care)

• Provide direct patient care in emergencies

• Lead the nursing care team when assigned, directing and guiding LVNs and other nursing staff

• Assess patient needs/conditions and recommend appropriate dispositions

• Initiate nursing interventions and communicate with the care team

• Provide individual and group patient education

• Participate in ambulatory care performance improvement and develop policies/procedures

• Maintain detailed, current, comprehensive documentation in patient records

• Support research projects to improve patient care and staff development

• Ensure safe, healthful physical environment using organizational goals and national standards

• Support customer service and continuity of services

• Ensure compliance with patient rights and regulatory standards

• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of care

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens may be appointed only when VA cannot recruit qualified citizens)

• English language proficiency (written and spoken) for direct patient care

• Graduate of an approved nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) OR meet VA education equivalency pathway

• Current, full, active, unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state/territory or DC

• Selective Service registration (for males born after 12/31/1959)

• Background/security investigation

• Online onboarding and completion of pre-employment requirements, including acceptable identification

• Pass pre-employment physical evaluation

• Participate in seasonal influenza vaccination program

• Complete required documents and application steps

Benefits

• Competitive salary and potential performance awards

• Paid Time Off: 50 days/year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays)

• Retirement: traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% VA contribution

• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care options

• Work schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30am–4:00pm or 8:00am–4:30pm

• Licensure: 1 full, unrestricted RN license from any U.S. state or territory

• Telework: not available; Virtual: not a virtual position