The Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Registered Nurse (RN) Care Manager demonstrates leadership and mastery of practice in delivering efficient, comprehensive, and continuous patient-driven holistic care through active collaboration, communication and coordination of resources.
He/she considers all characteristics of the individual, including gender and role identification, age, life stage, state of health, race, culture, socio-economic status, values and beliefs in order to assist.
This is an intermittent position. The PACT RN is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based practices. He/she demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others. Duties include, but are not limited to: Selectee will question clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care. Demonstrate the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities.
Evaluate practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence. Will provide peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement. 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 national 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. Shares knowledge to provide safe, efficient, quality PACT care. Will foster a safe and supportive environment of care conducive to the professional development of PACT and extended PACT healthcare professionals. Additional duties as assigned.
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: Various tours, as needed to meet the staffing needs of the service.
Telework: Not available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. Whole Health is an approach to health care that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their life to the fullest. The VA is committed to Whole Health and values Veteran and Employee health and wellbeing.
As a VA employee, you will practice Whole Health in an environment that supports personalized and proactive care.
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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
terra.shell@va.gov · 423-979-3407
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $83132 – $158590/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-10.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-11-05 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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