Registered Nurse - Outpatient PACT

Department of Veterans Affairs • New York, NY

43d • Onsite

About The Position

The New York Harbor VA Healthcare System is hiring a Registered Nurse for an Outpatient PACT and Specialty Clinics position. Duties Include but are not limited to: Responsible for providing competent, evidence-based gender-specific care to primary care patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting. Provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department. Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels. Provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. Assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization. Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic, primary care through collaborative strategies with others. Evaluates practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence. Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals. Contributes professional outpatient nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team. Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes. Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality outpatient nursing care. Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers. Questions PACT clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care. Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture. Will perform additional duties as assigned. This position is not approved for telework and staff is required to be on onsite in the clinical area of assignment. This is a VA-NYHCS Position. This position supports all 3 campuses and may require rotation to other campuses as needed.

Requirements

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Nice To Haves

• 2 years of acute care RN experience
• BSN and Clinical Outpatient RN experience

Responsibilities

• Providing competent, evidence-based gender-specific care to primary care patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants
• Providing direct Veteran care and care coordination
• Managing assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels
• Providing health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management
• Assisting in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization
• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic, primary care through collaborative strategies with others
• Evaluating practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence
• Providing peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement
• Fostering a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals
• Contributing professional outpatient nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team
• Partnering with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes
• Supporting colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality outpatient nursing care
• Sharing educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers
• Questioning PACT clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care
• Participating in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture
• Performing additional duties as assigned

Benefits

• Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees