Registered Nurse PACT (Primary Care)

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Registered Nurse PACT Coordinator assigned to Primary Care executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex PACT care. Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care. Demonstrates the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities.

• The Registered Nurse PACT Coordinator evaluates practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence. Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement. Supports colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals. Contributes professional nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team. Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes. Executes position to promote full PACT implementation and function within the Primary Care setting. Focuses on the implementation and sustainment of the PACT model driven by quality improvement and evidence-based decision-making. Interacts with and assists PACT members in achieving compliance with Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO), Veteran Integrated Services Network (VISN), and local policies and directives. Assists teams to maintain national Primary Care standards using clinical practice guidelines and clinical pathways. Promotes PACT fundamentals through staff education, clinical coaching, and quality improvement and metric monitoring. Conducts knowledge sharing to provide safe, efficient, quality PACT care. Fosters a safe and supportive environment of care conducive to the professional development of PACT and extended PACT healthcare professionals. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Pay Scale : NG42

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