Registered Nurse (RN) - Float Pool / RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE

$5000 recruitment incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates. The RN - Resource Office/Float Pool provides competent, evidence-based care to patients and oversee licensed vocational nurses (LVNs)/nursing assistants (NAs), as appropriate to the setting. They help with nursing education, orientation, and competency programs, supporting quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation. All positions are expected to float to other areas. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : The Registered Nurse (RN) - Resource Office/Float Pool is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. The person in this role assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components. The Float Pool RN assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. They administer medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines, and influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. The Float Pool RN is also responsible for the following duties: Demonstrating leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others for all patient care areas included within Resource Office assignments. Evaluating practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence. Providing peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement. Fostering a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals. Contributing a professional nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team. Partnering with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes. Supporting colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care. Sharing educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers. Questioning clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care. Participating in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture. Other duties, as assigned. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: Up to 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: Full-time - Multiple FTEs; Variable shifts and tours of duty available. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for a highly qualified candidate. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : 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 ap

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