Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

<p>The incumbent serves as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center and is responsible for providing timely, evidence-based, and patient-centered nursing care. Core duties include assessment, planning, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of care in alignment with established standards. Higher-level incumbents offer clinical leadership and support the management of complex clinical demands.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Duties include but are not limited to: Provides urgent and emergent care to patients with acute and/or chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions Assess the patient by collecting pertinent data or information, including the triage of patients based on the five-level triage system to prioritize patients that require more immediate care. Use assessment data to determine diagnosis, problems, or other concerns and identify expected outcomes to develop a collaborative and individualized plan for each patient. Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines. Provide nursing care ranging from basic nursing care to stabilization, resuscitation, and life-support measures. 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: 1930-0800 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. 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.