Registered Nurse - (Ambulatory Care Float Team)

Veterans Health Administration; Howell (MI); On-site; USD 81,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration, at the Howell, MI CBOC, seeks a Full-Time Registered Nurse for the Ambulatory Care Float Team to deliver direct Veteran care and care coordination in the Primary Care Department.

The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, patient panels, health promotion, and chronic care management within outpatient services, with a Monday–Friday schedule and standard hours.

Qualifications

• A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Ambulatory Care Float Team RN provides competent, evidence-based gender-specific care to primary care patients with oversight of licensed personnel as appropriate.
• Manages assigned panels, utilizes registries, and ensures evaluation and access to patient panels.
• Provides health promotion, education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.
• Directs nursing education, orientation, competencies and quality improvement to enhance outcomes.

Job description

Registered Nurse - (Ambulatory Care Float Team)

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center is seeking a Full-Time Registered Nurse - Outpatient Patient-aligned under Ambulatory Care at the Howell, MI CBOC location.

Key Responsibilities

Ambulatory Care Float Team- Staff Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based gender-specific care to primary care patients with oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants as appropriate to the setting. This nurse 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. This nurse provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and enhance outcomes utilization.

This nurse integrates outpatient nursing knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment and is self-directed in goal setting for managing complex PACT situations. Validates understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions. Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care. The nurse will demonstrate the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities.

The nurse demonstrates competence in primary care practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills.

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, Hours between 7:00am-4:30pm with 8 or 9 hour shifts possible Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. 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/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $81479 – $139574/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-19.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.