Registered Nurse - Resource Pool/Float

<p>Join the VA Black Hills Health Care System as a Resource Pool/Float Registered Nurse and provide high-quality, Veteran-centered care across multiple clinical settings. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to expand clinical expertise while caring for diverse patient populations, coordinating individualized care plans, educating patients and families, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to improve outcomes throughout the continuum of care.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>The Resource Pool/Float Registered Nurse plays a vital role in ensuring Veterans receive safe, compassionate, and effective care wherever clinical support is needed most. This position offers a unique opportunity to work across multiple patient care areas, gaining broad clinical experience while making a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of Veterans. Duties include, but are not limited to: - Provide direct and indirect nursing care to Veterans across multiple inpatient and outpatient clinical settings within the Resource Pool. - Assess patient health needs, develop individualized plans of care, and evaluate outcomes using the nursing process. - Coordinate care throughout the continuum of treatment, emphasizing patient education, self-management, and health promotion. - Administer medications, treatments, and clinical procedures in accordance with established standards, policies, and guidelines. - Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to support safe, effective, and patient-centered care delivery. - Monitor patient conditions, identify changes in health status, and implement appropriate nursing interventions. - Delegate appropriate aspects of care based on patient needs, clinical priorities, and staff competencies while promoting patient safety. - Apply evidence-based nursing practices and participate in quality improvement activities that enhance patient outcomes and resource utilization. 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: 12 hour tours, Days, Evenings and Nights. - Shifts will vary. Compressed Work Schedule: Available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.</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.