RN Staff - Emergency Room

RN
- Emergency Room

This RN
- Emergency Room position is located in Nursing Service at the WRJ location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. The RN
- Emergency Room is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.

Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs. Included but are not limited to:

• Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills.
• Provides urgent and emergent care to patients with acute and/or chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions.
• Nursing care ranges from basic nursing care to stabilization, resuscitation, and life-support measures.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
• Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills, and technically competent practice while providing care to clients.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
• Demonstrates proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning.
• Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations.
• Demonstrates respect for cultural and spiritual values.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Work Schedule:

12 hour shifts, day/night rotation, holidays and weekends, after orientation

Compressed/Flexible:
Available

Telework:
Not Eligible

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Hannah.

Neilson, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

Notifications:

• This is a Bargaining Unit Position
• This position is in the Excepted Service
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their 2026 SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

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 VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards