Registered Nurse - Nursing Officer of the Day

<p>The Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD) Registered Nurse (RN) directs position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex patient care. S/he demonstrates the ability to plan and organize the delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>https://youtu.be/LM35k1p_3Tc?si=6wdZw0Lag331XBMR Duties JOA - Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: Deliver and coordinate safe, efficient, and effective patient care across all facility areas. Provide and direct nursing care using the nursing process: data collection, assessment, clinical judgment, and evaluation. Promote health maintenance and illness/injury prevention. Communicate and interpret hospital and nursing policies for staff, physicians, and other personnel to support quality care. Address employee conduct issues using open, constructive communication. Support and apply nursing research and evidence-based practices to improve patient and departmental outcomes. Facilitate appropriate patient placement based on census, acuity, staffing, and anticipated admissions. Use fiscally responsible judgment when allocating and utilizing resources. Assign float pool staff as needed. Respond to codes, rapid responses, and patient deaths. Communicate clinical knowledge and judgment to involve staff in planning, decision-making, and outcome evaluation. Maintain foundational knowledge of clinical practice appropriate to assigned roles. Collaborate with staff to integrate professional standards, scientific evidence, and best practices into programs or service activities. Seek continued knowledge and leadership development to manage complex situations. Assume authority and accountability for staffing, resource allocation, and oversight during weekends, holidays, and off-tour hours in the absence of leadership. Conduct rounding and serve as a consultant to providers. Collaborate with the Administrative Officer of the Day and interdisciplinary team for patient care decisions and emergency/disaster response. Provide programmatic outcomes and feedback to nursing leadership to improve processes and patient care delivery. 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: Full-Time, Rotating Shifts to include days, nights, holidays and weekends Compressed/Flexible: Available 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. 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.