Registered Nurse (Researcher

Job Title

Job Description

Provides educational instruction and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units.

Understands instructional design, implementation, and application related to education and training.

Performs learning needs assessments, develops educational trainings for clinical staff within organization.

Assists with the orientation of new employees, evaluation of their progress in the orientation process, and development and implementation of a learning plan for improving identified deficiencies.

Supports nurse residency programs including the development of curriculum utilizing strategic learning methodologies such as simulation, lecture case studies and virtual reality.

Systematically evaluates current practice, formulates outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise.

Collaborates with other Clinical Nurse Educators and inter professional healthcare teams in the ongoing clinical education activities including in-services, training, competency assessment, and evaluations of both current and new staff nursing skills.

Reviews current nursing literature for new trends and changes based on evidence-based research with the ability to propose practice and documentation revisions based on evaluation of outcomes.

Collaborates with leadership and unit managers to identify educational training needs for staff, while supporting activities that foster competence, critical thinking, and decision making.

Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine outcomes and changes related to educational programs.

Working occasional Weekend and Evenings required

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:

7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Occasional nights and weekends)

Telework:
Ad-hoc telework schedule may be available per agency directive

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized