Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Overview

The Emergency Department (ED) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent - evidence-based care to assigned patients. They delegate and supervise basic nursing care of licensed practical nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel. The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education - orientation - competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.

• The Emergency Department (ED) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent - evidence-based care to assigned patients
• They delegate and supervise basic nursing care of licensed practical nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel
• The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education - orientation - competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization
• 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
• 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
• Demonstrates expanded knowledge base of the nursing process in the care of assigned patients
• Developing basic leadership skills within the concept of the unit through seeking additional leadership experiences
• Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care
• Demonstrates the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities
• The ED RN is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing care
• They assess the patient by collecting pertinent data or information - including the triage of patients based on the five-level triage system to prioritize patients that require more immediate care
• They use the assessment data to determine diagnoses - problems - or other concerns
• They will identify expected outcomes to develop a collaborative and individualized plan for each patient
• The ED RN will implement that plan - including care coordination - health teaching - and health promotion
• They evaluate the progress toward achieving the expected goal and outcomes and adjusts the plan as necessary
• 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:
  
  19:30pm - 08:00am Telework:
  Not Available Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not Authorized

• Qualifications Basic Requirements:
• English Language Proficiency
• In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant:
  The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program
• Upon achievement of a State license - the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program
• (Reference VA Handbook 5005…