Nurse(PACT)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Bessemer, AL

Job Title: Nurse(PACT)

Position:

Job Type:

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Shift: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Work Type: On-Site

Location

Address:

City: Bessemer

State: AL

ZIP Code:

Job Responsibilities

Optimizes patient care delivery and patient outcomes by providing Case Management, Care Coordination, and Telephone/virtual care Management.
Provides care to patients with acute problems, patients undergoing transitions of care, and patients with chronic conditions, especially high-risk patients who would benefit from case management.
Utilizes motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate development of patient-driven goals for health optimization.
Performs independently in collaboration with the provider to carry out the plan of care for the veteran.
Delegates to other team members but is responsible for providing case management and care coordination activities, clinical triage, and making complex clinical decisions.
Responsible for nursing care for patients and working with and/or leading other team members to ensure quality care is delivered timely by the appropriate person.
Utilizes various platforms for visits including face to face, telephone visits, Video Connect Visits, secure messaging, and possible inpatient visits to patients assigned to the team.
Tracks patient outcomes to determine if interventions are effective.
Completes tasks assigned to the LPN as needed and performs nursing activities including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, and evaluation.
Performs nursing assessments: triages face to face, video/virtual visits, or by telephone; collaborates with the patient and provider to identify goals for optimizing health.
Provides patient/family education to improve outcomes and evaluates patient's progress towards achieving goals.
Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care to the adult and geriatric population through collaborative strategies.
Provides direct nursing care to individual and groups of patients and assists with the direction and supervision of other assigned clinical and/or clerical staff.
Responsible and accountable for coordinating patient care for individual and groups of patients ranging from young adults (age 18) to elderly adults (age 65 or older).
Demonstrates good clinical practice skills, problem-solving skills, and decision-making skills.

Required Skills

Core Skills

Not specified

Preferred Skills

Not specified

Requirements

Experience:

Education: Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency.

License & Certification:

Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Schedule:

Not specified

COVID-19 Requirements: Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Benefits

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 options.

Supplemental Pay

Not specified

Special Notes

U.S. Citizenship required; non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens are unavailable.
Applicants will be subject to urinalysis for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
Selective Service Registration required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Others may have background/security investigation.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, requesting an applicant's criminal history is prohibited before a tentatively job offer.