Registered Nurse - Women's Health

Summary

The Women's Health/Gynecology Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for coordinated patient care, patient education, and ensuring customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. This role adheres to established policies and promotes positive care outcomes through collaboration with interdisciplinary team members. Key responsibilities include contributing to the unit's or program's quality improvement initiatives and supporting customer service initiatives.

The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.

Open to current permanent Department of Veterans Affairs employees, current permanent Federal employees of other agencies and all US Citizens.

NOTE:

The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.

The Women's Health/Gynecology Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for delivering competent, evidence-based women's health care to assigned patients. This nurse provides leadership within the clinical team for the interdisciplinary management of patients with complex gynecological needs and can identify primary sources of patient issues based on their knowledge and experience with gynecology patients. They offer patient-specific women's health education to patients and their families regarding routine and complex gynecology procedures.

The nurse assists in guiding the development of nursing education, orientation, competencies, and contributes to quality improvement initiatives and outcomes analysis.

This role demonstrates leadership in delivering and enhancing holistic care through collaborative efforts with team members. The nurse regularly evaluates practice based on the latest evidence. They lead clinical support groups utilizing evidence-based quality improvement strategies related to gynecology care and outcome measurement. The nurse contributes a professional nursing perspective in interdisciplinary team discussions and supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to ensure safe, high-quality women's health nursing care.

They share educational insights, experiences, and ideas with peers and actively question clinical practices to ensure the provision of evidence-based women's health care. The nurse participates in initiatives and strategies aimed at maintaining and advancing evidence-based practice. They perform a broad range of clinical, administrative, programmatic, and technical functions within specialty care, including data entry and analysis to ensure performance metrics exceed benchmarks.

Additionally, they provide training to promote adherence to processes essential for delivering quality care and utilize databases and tracking tools to monitor quality indicators and care outcomes.

Preferred Experience: Two to three years of clinical nursing experience, with a focus on women's health.

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: Monday-Friday 8 or 9 hour shift between 7:00am - 5:30pm

Telework: Ad-hoc

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

• 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://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL  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…