Registered Nurse- Patient Aligned Care Team -PACT
Veterans Health Administration
Columbus, Ohio
Health system employer
- Eligibility
- RNPrimary Care
Posted Aug 4
What the listing says
Role
- Weekends
- No weekends
- Term
- Travel
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- New graduates
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
About this role
Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. The Nurse Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex primary care. Provides direct Veteran care and care coordination within the Primary Care Department.
Manages assigned panel(s), provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- RN
- RN License - current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia
- Graduate of a school of professional nursing accredited by ACEN or CCNE
- English Language Proficiency - proficient in basic written and spoken English
- BLS certification (American Heart Association BLS Healthcare Provider Course or Military Training Network)
- ACLS certification (AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course)
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- U.S. Citizenship
- Background/security investigation
- Drug screening (urinalysis)
Benefits
- Competitive salary: $70,726 - $148,921 per year
- Regular salary increases
- Potential for performance awards
- 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays)
- Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting)
- Federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
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- Federal health insurance
- Vision insurance
Place
- City
- Columbus, Ohio
- Median rent
- $1,295/mo
- Local household income
- $66,082/yr
- Metro price level
- 4% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Columbus area index 95.5, where 100 is the national average.
Columbus blends Short North gallery nights, German Village's brick-paved stoops, and Saturday scarlet flooding the country's largest campus. Living costs sit about 5% below the national index—so an RN paycheck at OhioHealth or Nationwide Children's actually covers a place in a neighborhood worth coming home to.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
Nationally the VA describes itself as the largest U.S. nurse employer, with more than 120,000 RNs, APNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants. The VA has said it is on pace to reduce staff by nearly 30,000 by the end of FY2025…
On your path
Travel Nursing depends on where your license works. Staff experience first; a compact license opens more states.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted $70,726-$148,921 range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
