Registered Nurse - Acute Care (Inpatient) - Unit 2W

<p>The Acute Care Registered Nurse (Inpatient) provides age-appropriate nursing care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient needs. Coordinates care across the continuum with a focus on education, self-management, and patient satisfaction. Administers medications and procedures per policy, collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to improve outcomes, and demonstrates leadership in managing complex patient care.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Major Duties: Provides competent, evidence-based care to medical-surgical and acute care patients. Formulates plans of care based on nursing assessments and patient needs. Delegates tasks appropriately to licensed vocational nurses, nursing assistants, health technicians, and other support staff based on patient condition, safety, and scope of practice. Seeks guidance to improve care and engages in ongoing professional growth and self-directed development. Integrates principles, foundational theory, and progressively advanced critical thinking in clinical practice. Oversees and assists with nursing education, orientation, competencies, and staff development. Participates in quality improvement initiatives and supports enhanced outcomes utilization. Collaborates with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team to ensure safe and effective transitions of care. Demonstrates the ability to manage complex situations, competing priorities, stressful conditions, and life-threatening events. Validates rationale for care processes, questions clinical practices, and supports evidence-based decision-making. Exhibits competence in clinical judgment, deliberate planning, and critical thinking. Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic patient care through collaborative strategies. Evaluates practice on an ongoing basis using the best available evidence. Provides peers with constructive feedback, both formally and informally, to support improvement. Fosters a safe, respectful, and supportive environment that encourages professional development of healthcare staff. Contributes a nursing perspective in interdisciplinary discussions and partners with others to drive practice changes and improve outcomes. Shares knowledge, educational findings, insights, and experiences to promote safe, high-quality nursing care. Participates in activities that sustain a culture of evidence-based practice. Collaborates in developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines. Demonstrates leadership and performance that positively affects care for individuals and groups of patients. Evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions for individuals, groups, and populations. Accountable for achieving broad, complex program or service-level outcomes across organizational levels. Performs duties in varied and sometimes modified care environments, including isolation precautions and labor pools. Maintains professional composure in the presence of infectious risks, chaotic environments, alarms, noise, or combative patients. Uses personal protective equipment as required for prolonged periods. Maintains current and valid Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) certifications. 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: Days/Evenings/Nights/Weekends - Rotating Shifts Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.</p><h3>Requirements</h3>U.S. 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. Pre-Employment/Post-Employment Physical Examination: May be required, depending on the needs of the organization 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.<h3>Education</h3>The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application. If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet. 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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.