Registered Nurse - Outpatient Staff-Specialty

Veterans Health Administration • Rolla, MO

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This Registered Nurse is assigned to Outpatient Staff-Specialty and will temporarily work in St. James, Missouri, until the new Rolla, Missouri facility becomes operational, projected for March 1, 2027. The Nurse Specialty Care Outpatient Staff RN demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to managing complex specialty care. The role provides patient care, care coordination, health promotion, health education, and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.

The RN collaborates on policies, procedures, and guidelines; supports peers and colleagues through constructive feedback and knowledge sharing; and fosters a safe, supportive environment for professional development. The position evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations, and is responsible for documented outcomes at the specialty care program or service level.

The role is not virtual and telework is unavailable. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, either 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. or 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Relocation and recruitment incentives, and permanent change of station, are not authorized.

Requirements

• Meet the basic education requirement by graduating from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated provisions for bridge-program candidates and foreign nursing education.
• Hold current, full, active, and unrestricted registered professional nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
• Demonstrate proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Meet the education, experience, and dimension criteria for the assigned Nurse grade and level.
• Previous ambulatory care experience and a strong medical/surgical background are listed as desirable factors.
• Highly preferred: three years of nursing experience.
• Meet employment conditions including U.S. citizenship (with stated policy exception), applicable drug screening, Selective Service registration where required, background/security investigation, onboarding and identification requirements, pre-employment physical evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination.

Nice To Haves

• Previous ambulatory care experience.
• Strong medical/surgical background.
• Three years of nursing experience (highly preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care, care coordination, health promotion, health education, and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.
• Collaborate in developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Demonstrate performance and leadership that improve care for specialty care outpatients.
• Provide peers with formal or informal constructive feedback to support improvement.
• Support colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality specialty nursing care.
• Foster a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
• Evaluate outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
• Document outcomes at the specialty care program or service level.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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