The RN Staff - Home Base Primary Care position is in Geriatrics and Extended Care Service at the VA White River Junction Healthcare System, located at the Brattleboro, VT location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.
The RN Staff - Home Base Primary Care position is in Geriatrics and Extended Care Service at the VA White River Junction Healthcare System, located at the Brattleboro, VT location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. Included but are not limited to: Provide and supervise direct patient care, ensuring accountabilities for all elements of the nursing process.
Coordinate patient care across settings with emphasis on education, self-management, and patient satisfaction. Administer medications and perform clinical procedures per established policies and guidelines. Participate in unit and program-level quality improvement and customer service initiatives. Deliver evidence-based care to HBPC patients, including oversight of licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants.
Manage cases through assessment, triage, patient education, resource and medication coordination, and individualized care planning. Plan and deliver comprehensive, technically competent care to veterans in their homes, addressing complex primary, geriatric, preventive, and palliative needs. Implement interventions to maximize health, reduce hospital/ED visits, and align with each veteran's goals of care. Conduct routine home visits to veterans as part of care delivery.
Support the orientation, education, and competency development of nursing staff; contribute to quality improvement and outcome evaluation activities. Provide constructive feedback to peers and foster a safe, supportive, and professional environment for staff development.
Veteran/Patient-Driven Care: Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to resolve issues impacting the veteran experience, including care coordination, timeliness, satisfaction, and environment of care concerns. Incorporate the knowledge, values, and beliefs of patients, families, and caregivers into care delivery without judgement or discrimination. Advocate for patient, family, and caregiver needs to improve outcomes in the immediate practice setting.
Serve as a resource for resolving ethical concerns for patients, caregivers, and staff. Evidence-Based Practice/Research: Lead the integration of evidence-based practice and research to improve care quality, resource utilization, and outcomes. Apply current evidence and research findings to daily practice, resulting in process or outcome improvements. Assess clinical processes to identify opportunities for efficient and cost-effective care delivery.
Monitor, analyze, and evaluate care outcomes to drive patient care improvements. Lead initiatives to integrate patient preferences and shared decision-making into care delivery. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not authorized Telework: May be available on an Ad-Hoc basis at supervisor's discretion Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized 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.
Notifications: This position is in the Excepted Service Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards
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. The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp. If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.
If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.
Nicole.Bulowski@VA.Gov · 207-623-8411 X3444
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $79295 – $138124/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-13.
This is a Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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