Registered Nurse (PACT Outpatient)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse for Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff (Primary Care)

• Schedule: 7:45am–4:15pm, Monday–Friday

• Telework: Not available

Description

The Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) provides leadership and creative approaches to managing complex primary care for Veterans within the Primary Care Department. This RN manages assigned patient panels using registries, delivers sex-specific direct Veteran care, and coordinates care to ensure appropriate evaluation and access. The role includes health promotion, health education/coaching, chronic care management, and ensuring documented PACT outcomes using evidence-based decisions and practice changes.

Responsibilities

• Provide sex-specific direct Veteran care and care coordination in primary care

• Manage assigned patient panels and ensure evaluation and access

• Use registries to support panel management

• Provide health promotion, health education, wellness coaching, disease prevention, and chronic care management

• Collaborate on development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of primary care policies, procedures, and guidelines

• Improve care through leadership and performance across the Primary Care Department and facility

• Provide constructive formal or informal feedback to peers for improvement

• Share primary care nursing knowledge with colleagues to support safe, quality care

• Foster a safe and supportive environment for professional development

• Evaluate outpatient outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes

• Ensure documented PACT outcomes at the program or service level

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens only if VA cannot recruit qualified citizens per VA policy)

• Basic proficiency in written and spoken English

• Graduate of an accredited professional nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) or meet VA-approved education/licensure pathways

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN license

• Meet VA conditions of employment, including drug testing if applicable, background/security investigation, pre-employment physical, onboarding, Selective Service registration if applicable, and seasonal influenza vaccination

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards

• Up to 50 days of paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, and federal holidays)

• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% VA contributions

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options