Registered Nurse-Gastrointestinal

<p>The Brooklyn VA Medical Center is searching for 1 Registered Nurse (RN) for their GI Team. This Endoscopy Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based procedural care to patients with oversight of licensed vocational nurses and health/nursing assistants as appropriate to the clinic setting.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Duties include but are not limited to The Nurse Endoscopy Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based procedural care to patients with oversight of licensed vocational nurses and health/nursing assistants as appropriate to the clinic setting. This nurse provides patient care, care coordination, 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. The Endoscopy RN delivers and manages the care of patients undergoing therapeutic and diagnostic endoscopy procedures including both inpatients and outpatients. Assesses the patients physical and mental status prior to procedures, educates on procedural and post-procedural care, and documents responses to interventions, findings, and reports any changes. Partners with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team to promote effective and safe transitions across the health care continuum, including the Veteran's goals of care. The Endoscopy RN integrates specialty care knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment and is self-directed in goal setting for managing complex patient situations. 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 endoscopy practices and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills. The Endoscopy RN may function in several roles to include, pre-procedure assessments, post procedural recovery, perform procedures within the scope of nursing practice, and assisting physicians during procedures. They maintain proficiency on the maintenance, cleaning, and preparation of endoscopy specific equipment. They recognize changes in patient care situations and initiates appropriate emergency situations. Adapts to changes in the daily schedule. May be assigned on-call in which the Endoscopy RN will follow all facility policies regarding response time. American Heart Association Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life support required for the position Will perform additional duties as assigned. This position is not approved for telework and staff is required to be on onsite in the clinical area of assignment. Preferred Experience: BSN Endoscopy RN experience in an Level 1acute care medical center. ACLS 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: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Not eligible for Telework 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. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. 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.