Registered Nurse/PACT

Department of Veterans Affairs•Oklahoma City, OK

46d•Onsite

About The Position

The Veterans Affairs Oklahoma City Health Care System is seeking a Registered Nurse (Ambulatory Care/Outpatient Staff) for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Demonstrating clinical competencies in such areas as age-specific care, cultural assessment, and health education. Demonstrating an ability to begin functioning autonomously, as well as a member of an interdisciplinary team. Demonstrating respect for cultural and spiritual values. Providing organized and safe patient care. Focuses on individual assignment to address concerns and issues occurring with assignments. Ability to begin to manage multiple competing priorities safely. Assessing care provided and seeks to improve. Demonstrating accurate and timely documentation of patient care according to the standards of the work area. Ability to demonstrate understanding of and compliance with patient safety guidelines, accrediting body guidelines, VHA Directives, and Facility Center Memorandums that pertain to the work area and direct patient care. Ability to demonstrate understanding of facility performance metrics that can be influenced by care provided. Ability to demonstrate active participation in program level quality improvement processes and initiatives. Ability to demonstrate use of metrics to show improvement in delivery of care. Ability to demonstrate active participation in customer service improvement processes and initiatives. Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and professional behaviors that promote cooperation and teamwork with internal and external customers, team members, and supervisors. Notifies the Nurse Manager of any safety incidents, employee injuries, or concerns of team members not providing care according to the appropriate Standards of Care. Attending staff meetings and program specific education. Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
Demonstrating clinical competencies in such areas as age-specific care, cultural assessment, and health education.
Demonstrating an ability to begin functioning autonomously, as well as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrating respect for cultural and spiritual values.
Providing organized and safe patient care.
Ability to begin to manage multiple competing priorities safely.
Assessing care provided and seeks to improve.
Demonstrating accurate and timely documentation of patient care according to the standards of the work area.
Ability to demonstrate understanding of and compliance with patient safety guidelines, accrediting body guidelines, VHA Directives, and Facility Center Memorandums that pertain to the work area and direct patient care.
Ability to demonstrate understanding of facility performance metrics that can be influenced by care provided.
Ability to demonstrate active participation in program level quality improvement processes and initiatives.
Ability to demonstrate use of metrics to show improvement in delivery of care.
Ability to demonstrate active participation in customer service improvement processes and initiatives.
Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and professional behaviors that promote cooperation and teamwork with internal and external customers, team members, and supervisors.
Notifies the Nurse Manager of any safety incidents, employee injuries, or concerns of team members not providing care according to the appropriate Standards of Care.
Attending staff meetings and program specific education.
Additional duties as assigned.

Benefits

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

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