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I'm on a PACT team - I think I answered a question on this in another thread. I do like it - and yes I generally get out on time. PACT teamlets work differently in different clinics, but there are general expectations. You do chronic disease management, visits with patients (BP/DM/ETC) and tons and tons of phone in and walk in triage.
It is similar to a regular physician office except that you have different resources to work with - you are somewhat limited by referrals you can make, etc, since most are made within the VA system. Patient population is great! (and no kid shots - woohoo!).
I have not started my position yet. My first day will be March 9th. It has been a long journey, but I am excited to start. I applied back in September and did not interview until mid December and received my tentative offer about 1 week later. I have done a lot of research on my own. I googled "VA PACT" and read a couple of articles about the history of PACT, how it started, and the statistics on how much is has improved the flow of seeing patients. I also found the PACT employee handbook online and have read that. Even though I have done plenty of research, I still do not know exactly what to expect as it seems each team and hospital runs their PACT team differently. I will try to update on how I like it after I start.
Still waiting on my end. I interviewed back in December and was given a tentative offer in mid-January. The nurse manager stated that I would be hearing from HR to continue the process, but no word so far. It seems that they hired about 25 people for PACT expansion so that could be the cause of the delay. Will keep you posted...
The VA hiring process is very interesting. I feel completely overwheled by the number of emails I am getting from them about vetpro, secrurity screenings, physicals, ect. Did you all recieve a barage of emails within a 2 day period.....it seems like they want me to get my info to them asap.
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I have a tentative offer with a local VA hospital as an RN for their patient aligned care team (PACT). I am in the process of getting boarded right now. I am wondering if anyone has worked in this position and if so do you like it? It is a Monday through Friday position with hours of 8:00am to 4:30pm. I have worked in an office setting before and wondered if you usually get out on time and is it comparable to a physician office outside of the VA system? Thank you.