Registered Nurse (Home-Based Primary Care)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (HBPC Care Manager)

• Setting: Home-based primary care for Veterans

• Schedule: Day shift

Description

As an HBPC Registered Nurse, you serve as a care manager for Veterans in the Leavenworth, KS region and surrounding areas, delivering nursing care directly in patients’ homes. The role includes wound care, blood draws, medication setup, and foley catheter care, along with assessments and coordination with a multidisciplinary team. You also provide chronic disease education to reduce hospitalizations and promote independence, and you plan follow-up care as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide full range nursing services using the nursing process

• Deliver direct home-based nursing care (wound care, blood draws, medication setup, foley catheter care)

• Assess Veterans and caregivers; coordinate services across an interdisciplinary team

• Educate patients and families on chronic disease management, hospitalization reduction, and independence

• Administer prescribed therapies using nursing judgment

• Promote discharge planning and follow-up care

• Listen to and include patients and family in the plan of care

• Provide patient education and clinical feedback

• Communicate Veterans’ care options across VA and community eligibility pathways

• Coordinate with other VA medical centers and community facilities to remove barriers to access

• Educate providers on medical management processes

• Act as a clinical resource to non-clinical multidisciplinary staff

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (with limited exceptions per VA policy)

• English proficiency for direct patient care

• RN licensure: current, full, active, unrestricted in a U.S. state/territory/DC (or GNT exception while pursuing licensure)

• Graduation from an accredited professional nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) or meet VA-approved bridge/foreign equivalency rules

• Valid driver’s license for community travel to patients’ homes

• Ability to pass pre-employment physical evaluation

• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program

• Complete onboarding and pre-employment steps, including required testing and background/security investigation

Benefits

• Competitive federal salary with regular increases and potential performance awards

• Comprehensive VA nurse total rewards package

• Access to federal employee benefits (eligibility depends on position type)