Registered Nurse - Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)

Department of Veterans Affairs • Oceanside, CA

367d • $101,229 - $183,513

About The Position

The Primary Care/Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Registered Nurse (RN) Care Manager is a professional nurse, who is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Currently there is one vacancy at VA clinic in Oceanside, California.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Participation in the COVID-19 vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum 1-2 year current Registered Nursing experience.
• 1 year recent clinical experience in caring for patients in Ambulatory Care, Primary Care preferred.
• Experience with chronic disease management.
• Ability to work collaboratively with interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to document using Electronic Medical Records.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care based on current standards of nursing care, PACT recommendations, patient care needs, and staff competencies.
• Participates and leads others in PACT performance measure improvement activities such as, but not limited to, 2-day post-discharge contact, chronic disease management, clinical reminder compliance.
• Participates/proposes/leads others in ongoing PACT process improvement workplace activities as appropriate to the individual's position, education, and practice environment.
• Plans and leads others in the documentation of patient care and nursing resource utilization, accounting of maximum staff productivity, staff/time efficiency, and positive patient outcomes.
• Supports more than one PACT as an RN Care Manager when clinically indicated and guides others in the same.
• Participates in/leads daily and weekly PACT huddles.
• Performs unit audits as assigned and serves as a Clinic Charge Nurse when applicable.
• Maintains current knowledge of and adheres to Primary Care standards, recommended practices and guidelines.
• Completes Care Coordination and Transition Management (CCTM) and Telephone Triage training when available.
• Completes TEACH and Motivational interviewing training within first year of assignment to PACT.
• Guides allied health care providers and support personnel with appropriate authority.
• Performs other 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 insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees