Registered Nurse - Patient Aligned Care Team

Veterans Health Administration • Auburn, WA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on a Patient Aligned Care Team and provides coordinated care to a designated group of patients across the continuum of care. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, documents, and evaluates patient care; triages concerns and works collaboratively with the team to identify and resolve patient-care problems. The role includes partnering with patients to identify needs, care goals, resources, and factors that affect discharge, post-hospital recovery, and ongoing health maintenance and wellness.

The nurse maintains knowledge of multidisciplinary resources, programs, and services and refers patients to community resources as appropriate. The role also includes helping patients navigate health systems, making interventions or referrals, and using problem-solving methods and clinical knowledge to address systems or processes that affect care. The nurse supports comprehensive care plans and coordinates interdisciplinary services to address patients’ physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs while respecting their personal values, cultural backgrounds, and belief systems.

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), subject to VHA eligibility and application requirements. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, with eight-hour shifts. Compressed or flexible scheduling may be authorized at the supervisor’s discretion. Telework is not authorized, and the position is not virtual. Relocation and recruitment incentives are not authorized.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying nursing education as described in the VA qualification standards.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. State, Territory, or Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a temporary Graduate Nurse Technician appointment may be possible for eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the applicable education and experience criteria for the assigned Nurse grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when recruiting qualified citizens is not possible under VA policy.
• Selected applicants for testing-designated positions must undergo urinalysis for illegal drug use before appointment.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Subject to background and security investigation.
• Complete the online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• May be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete the application requirements listed in the announcement’s Required Documents section.

Nice To Haves

• BSN or MSN in a related field.
• Direct patient-care experience within the last year.
• Outpatient registered nurse experience.
• VA primary care nursing experience.
• Triage experience, including telephone, primary care, emergency room, or urgent care triage for adults.
• Two or more years of medical-surgical experience.
• Quality-improvement training, projects, or committee participation.
• Care coordination experience or experience managing a complex patient population.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams.
• Specialized skills or certifications in primary care, triage, case management, home care, or diabetes.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, document, and evaluate care for a designated group of patients across the continuum of care.
• Triage patient concerns and use a collaborative team approach to identify, analyze, and resolve patient-care problems.
• Collaborate with patients to identify needs, issues, care goals, resources, and factors important to discharge, post-hospital recovery, and health maintenance and wellness.
• Maintain current knowledge of multidisciplinary resources, programs, and services, and refer patients to community resources as appropriate.
• Use problem-solving methods and clinical knowledge to address systems or processes that affect patient care.
• Help patients navigate health systems and intervene or refer as needed to facilitate patient outcomes.
• Provide care that respects patients’ personal values, cultural backgrounds, and belief systems.
• Assist with developing, assessing, monitoring, and evaluating comprehensive plans of care to support efficient, effective, coordinated care and standards of wellness.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary services to address patients’ physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and deliver resources to achieve patient goals.

Benefits

• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), with potential loan repayment of up to $200,000 for eligible participants, subject to program approval and eligibility limits.
• 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.
• 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 may be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

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