The Kenai Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) located in Soldotna, AK, part of the Anchorage VA HealthCare System, is recruiting for an intermittent registered nurse. In collaboration with the Service Chief/Clinic Manager, the incumbent practices as an RN in the outpatient CBOC Primary Care Clinic(s) as a Nurse Care Manager (NCM). The RN provides evidenced based health nursing to Veteran patients seen in the outpatient CBOC Primary Care Health Clinic.
Duties assigned this position include, but are not limited to: Responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to primary care patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting. Provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department.
Manages assigned panel(s), 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. Assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic, primary care through collaborative strategies with others. Evaluates practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence. Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals. Contributes professional outpatient nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team.
Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes. Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality outpatient nursing care. Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers. Questions PACT clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care. Participates in activities and strategies to sustain evidence-based-practice.
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, 0730am-4:00pm.
Telework: Ad-hoc only and based on agency policy, not regular or reoccurring. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Note: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission/NLNAC changed its name to ACEN in May 2013.
ACEN's website may be utilized to verify accredited programs using automated inquiry processes; however, for verification of any nursing program's accreditation prior to 1998, an automated inquiry cannot be used and ACEN must be contacted directly via their email contact information on the ACEN website to verify.) Note: In order to grant credit towards an appointment based on foreign nursing education higher than the associate degree level, formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency accepted by VA such as the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) must be obtained.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $91954 – $168182/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-04.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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