Registered Nurse - Community Living Center

The Registered Nurse (Long Term Care / 5C ) provides a full range of nursing care to patients/residents with complex care needs utilizing the nursing process with a resident/patient centered care model within patient care settings.

Community Living Center (CLC) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to residents with oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants as appropriate to the setting. The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and enhance outcomes utilization. This nurse integrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment and is self-directed in goal setting for managing complex situations.

Validates understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions. Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care. The nurse will demonstrate the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities. The nurse demonstrates competence in practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills. The CLC RN collaborates with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coordinator to ensure accuracy of the Resource Utilization Group (RUG) score.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Performs initial assessments and re-assessments of conditions and responses to treatment as well as any other clinical findings.

* Assess residents/patients learning needs; develops and implements plans to meet patients needs; educates residents/patients and families in self-care and treatment measures.

* Promotes continuity of care through developing an individualized interdisciplinary plan of care in collaboration with the resident/patient, family and health care team.

* Administers prescribed therapies using appropriate judgment.

* Accurately documents in patient's medical records findings, assessments, and care provided.

* Administers medications and treatments in accordance with established procedures and policies.

* Educates colleagues and/or students and serves as a preceptor or mentor.

* Initiates and participates in quality improvement activities.

* Serves as a role model when assigned as team leader or charge nurse under the supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee.

* Adheres to established policies, standards of care, and standards of practice;

* All other duties as assigned.

The Registered Nurse remains current in Basic Life Support (BLS) RQI certification and remains current in Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) RQI certification if required for assigned work location.

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:

Various Shifts with rotating weekends and holidays

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required