Registered Nurse - Outpatient Clinic (Baraboo)

Veterans Health Administration • Baraboo, WI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient Staff Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) at the Baraboo VA Clinic in Baraboo, Wisconsin, serves a dual role as a Primary Care Clinic RN and Care Manager. The RN provides direct clinical nursing care and longitudinal care coordination for Veterans through scheduled and unscheduled encounters, including assessment, triage, patient education, care coordination, and symptom management. Care is delivered through face-to-face visits, telephone care, VA Video Connect (VVC), secure messaging, shared medical appointments, and group visits.

The RN delivers fundamental knowledge-based care, assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates age-specific care, administers medications, and performs procedures in accordance with established policies and guidelines. The RN coordinates care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction across the continuum of care, and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to influence care outcomes. The position also provides oversight of licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants and supports clinic laboratory work.

The RN collaborates with providers, specialty services, and interdisciplinary team members to develop, implement, coordinate, and evaluate Veteran-centered treatment plans. The RN delegates responsibilities consistent with the Nurse Practice Act, serves as a clinical resource for staff, participates in program and quality-improvement activities, prepares required reports, and ensures accurate, timely documentation in accordance with VA policy, patient-record requirements, and organizational standards. The RN evaluates practice using the best available evidence, supports evidence-based practice, shares knowledge and educational findings with peers, and contributes to a safe and supportive environment for professional development.

This is a full-time position with a Monday–Friday schedule, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Ad hoc telework may be available in accordance with agency policy; this is not a virtual position. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated qualification pathways and exceptions.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a stated Graduate Nurse Technician exception may apply to otherwise qualified candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the education and experience criteria for the assigned grade and level. The listed pathways range from an ADN or nursing diploma for Nurse I, Level I, to higher degrees and specialized professional nursing experience for higher grades.
• Ability to provide direct patient care and perform nursing duties involving potentially long periods of walking, standing, and sitting, as well as moderate lifting, repeated bending, or kneeling.
• Selected applicants must pass a pre-employment physical evaluation and meet applicable background, security, and drug-testing requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• U.S. citizenship is required unless appointment of a qualified non-citizen is permitted under VA policy.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical nursing care for scheduled and unscheduled patient encounters, including assessment, triage, patient education, care coordination, and symptom management.
• Deliver care through face-to-face visits, telephone care, VA Video Connect, secure messaging, shared medical appointments, and group visits.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care based on age-specific components.
• Administer medications and perform procedures in accordance with established policies and guidelines.
• Coordinate care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to influence care outcomes and with providers and specialty services to develop, implement, coordinate, and evaluate Veteran-centered treatment plans.
• Provide oversight of licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants and delegate responsibilities consistent with the Nurse Practice Act.
• Support clinic staff in the laboratory and perform laboratory responsibilities.
• Serve as a clinical resource for staff and support colleagues through knowledge sharing.
• Participate in program and quality-improvement activities and prepare required reports.
• Ensure accurate and timely documentation of patient interactions in accordance with VA policy, patient-record requirements, and organizational standards.
• Evaluate practice using the best available evidence, question clinical practices to support evidence-based care, and participate in strategies to sustain evidence-based practice.
• Provide peers with informal constructive feedback, share educational findings and experiences, and foster a safe, supportive environment for professional development.
• Contribute a professional nursing perspective in interdisciplinary discussions and partner with others to improve outcomes.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year: 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting and a federal 401(k) with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
• Licensure support described as one full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree