Nurse (PACT Care Manager)

Department of Veterans Affairs

Care Manager is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. PACT RN Care Manager assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components. The Care Manager assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care and administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.

• The Eugene VA Health Care Center operates a Community Reintegration Service Center in Eugene, which includes substance abuse and vocational rehabilitation services, a housing program for homeless Veterans in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services, and other services for Veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties include but are not limited to the following: Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care. Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex primary care. Provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within Primary Care Department/outpatient setting. Utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels. Provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines. Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for the Primary Care Department and facility. Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement, supports colleagues and other nurses through primary care knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals and evaluates outpatient outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for primary care individuals, groups, and populations. Responsible for the documented PACT outcomes at the program or service level. Demonstrates expertise in professional practice using the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) with improved evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting. Leads initiatives to improve Veteran/patient experience, satisfaction and/or safety beyond the immediate practice setting. Communicates and collaborates as an effective leader of the interprofessional team, at the expert level, with improved evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Work Schedule: Intermittent, Monday-Friday 8am-430pm Shifts will be determined by clinical need. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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