Registered Nurse (RN) - Specialty Care Outpatient

Quick Facts

• Role: Specialty Care Outpatient Registered Nurse (RN)

• Setting: Outpatient specialty clinic

• Core focus: Evidence-based, age-appropriate care coordination, education, and self-management

Description

The Specialty Care Outpatient RN provides fundamental, knowledge-based specialty care while building technical competencies. The role assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates medical, psychosocial, and educational needs, and coordinates care throughout the care continuum. Responsibilities include medication and injection administration, patient education, documentation, and collaboration with providers and the interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care with VA and non-VA facilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient needs based on diagnosis, treatment options, psychosocial impact, and individualized goals

• Collaborate with providers and other healthcare team professionals to implement the plan of care

• Ensure medication/injection protocol adherence and completion of required documentation

• Administer medications and injections as ordered

• Provide patient education on medications, at-home injections, and disease management

• Cross-train for other specialty clinics and float as staffing needs require

• Set up rooms for procedures, exams, and dressings within scope of practice

• Independently manage complex outpatient situations using specialty care judgment and critical thinking

• Validate understanding and rationale for specialty care processes and decisions

• Contribute nursing perspective in interdisciplinary discussions and support colleagues

Requirements

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

• English proficiency (basic written and spoken)

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

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN licensure

• Subject to background/security investigation and pre-employment physical evaluation

• Complete online onboarding and pre-employment identification requirements

• Meet vaccination requirements (seasonal influenza)

• May be required to serve a probationary period

• Must complete required application documents

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards

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

• Traditional federal pension and federal 401(k) with up to 5% VA contributions

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

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

• Work schedule: Monday through Friday, 0730–1600

• Telework: not available; relocation/recruitment incentives: not authorized

Additional information

Excepted Service position; not competitive status. VA may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies.