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Registered Nurse - Home Based Primary Care (HBPC)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
About the Role
The VA Western New York Health Care System is seeking an intermittent Registered Nurse (RN) to serve as a member of the Home Based Primary Care (HBPC)Team and provide care to Veterans living in the Batavia, New York area. Commute to additional surrounding areas may be required on rare occasions. The HBPC RN plans and delivers technically competent care in the home of Veterans with complex needs, including health promotion, health prevention, geriatric care, primary care, and palliative care.
What You'll Do
- →The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) RN provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the HBPC Program.
- →The RN is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to HBPC patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting.
- →The incumbent will utilize interventions, which maximize health capabilities and reduces unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits, per Veteran's goals of care.
- →These duties include, but are not limited to: Makes home visits to Veterans in the program.
- →The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
- →Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic, home-based 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.
- →Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality HBPC nursing.
- →Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
- →Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
- →Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 96bf7ea8-8098-491b-ae27-20aac9176e6e
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