Registered Nurse - Outpatient Staff-Specialty

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Rolla (MO); On-site; USD 71,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Outpatient Staff-Specialty role in Missouri. The position is temporarily located in St.

James, MO, ahead of the Rolla facility opening in 2027, with a schedule Monday–Friday and standard tours. Responsibilities include patient care, care coordination, health promotion, and coaching on wellness and chronic care management. The role emphasizes leadership, policy implementation, and collaboration to improve specialty

Qualifications

• Provides patient care, care coordination, health promotion, and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.
• Leads in development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Supports peers with feedback and knowledge sharing to ensure safe, quality specialty nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Executes leadership-oriented responsibilities in managing complex specialty outpatient care.
• Collaborates in policy development, evaluation, and revision to improve care.
• Evaluates outcomes and ensures documentation of specialty program/service outcomes.
• Fosters a safe environment and professional development for health care professionals.

Skills

Nursing care

Care coordination

Patient education

Job description

Registered Nurse - Outpatient Staff-Specialty

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This RN is assigned to Outpatient Staff-Specialty. This position will be located temporarily in St. James, MO until our new facility in Rolla, MO becomes operational; projected March 1st, 2027.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Specialty Care Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex specialty care. This nurse provides patient care, care coordination, health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.

Duties may include but are not limited to: Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines. Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for specialty care outpatients. Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement. Supports colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality specialty nursing care.

Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals. Evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations. Responsible for the documented outcomes at the specialty care program or service level. Specialty care program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.

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, 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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

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 $71493 – $141751/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-02.

How many openings are available?

There are 3 openings for this position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.