Registered Nurse (Community Living Center

Registered Nurse

This Registered Nurse position is in the Nursing services at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, located at the Leeds, MA location. This position is full time at 40 hours per week. Duties include but not limited to:

• Delivers safe care to assigned patients. Safely and effectively uses patient care equipment. Correctly and safely performs nursing procedures. Recognizes overt abnormal signs and symptoms and/or changes in patients' condition and responds appropriately.
• Implements physician's/provider's orders in a timely and complete manner.
• Implements nursing interventions/orders in a timely and complete manner.
• Completes initial assessment of patient condition and response to treatment and initiates follow-up as needed.
• Includes the patient and family/significant other in developing the initial plan of care and establishing goals.
• Documents the nursing process. Uses the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), Essentris, Clinical Procedures, and Bar Coded Medication Administration (BCMA) software per policy, as well as any future patient documentation programs.
• May act as charge nurse and is responsible for appropriate delegation of care to both licensed and non-licensed personnel
• May be responsible for the medication pass

Work Schedule:

11:30 p.m.

- 08:00 a.m. with rotating weekends/holidays/days off and subject to other tours as needed.

Compressed/Flexible:
Not Available

Telework:
Not Available.

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized.

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact vhaedrpprogramsupport, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

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

Notifications:

• This position is in the Excepted Service.
• This position is covered by a special rate.
• The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below
• If you are a current federal employee, you are required to attach your Most Recent non-award SF-50. This should be a SF-50 from the current calendar year which shows your current position, grade and step. Award SF-50's do not provide sufficient information and will not be accepted.

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