RN Staff-Inpt-Med​/Surg

RN Staff-Inpatient-Med/Surg

The RN Staff-Inpatient-Med/Surg position is located in Nursing Service at the WRJ location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. Included but are not limited to:

• Manages acute and chronic illness states using whole health concepts and transformative nursing modalities.
• Ability to maneuver and document in an electronic health record (EHR) Flexible to float to additional patient care areas as needed.
• Maintains a caring and safe environment, coordinating the care across settings and among caregivers.
• Safely administers medications and assesses response to medications.
• Adapts treatments, procedures, and equipment based on population specific patient needs.
• Performs ongoing cardiac monitoring for patients with acute and chronic health conditions.
• Demonstrates cardiac rhythm recognition, detects cardiac arrhythmias, understands arrhythmia significance, recognizes symptoms, and anticipates or initiates appropriate nursing measures.
• Performs ongoing assessments, noting changes in condition, and provides appropriate interventions.
• Performs emergent care in acute/crisis situations.
• Active participant of the facility Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT).
• Implements health promotion and prevention interventions.
• Assists veterans in the attainment of optimal levels of functioning through rehabilitation.
• Hospice care: provides supportive measures for the dying patient and significant others.
• Communicates and interacts appropriately and courteously with internal and external customers.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient/employee information electronically, verbally, and written.
• Works and functions within a safe manner including infection control and operation of equipment.
• Integrates and applies pertinent aspects of the Medical Center performance improvement programs into his/her professional practice.
• Flexible, able to rotate to other assignments as needed and able to adjust to ever-changing work environment.

Work Schedule:

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

Compressed/Flexible:
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 Hannah.

Neilson, 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 Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent 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.

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