Registered Nurse - Critical Care

Registered Nurse - Critical Care

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. The duties of the Registered Nurse - Critical Care position are but is not limited to the following:

• Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Provides care and counseling of persons or in the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention of illness and injury based upon the nursing process which includes systematic data gathering, assessment, appropriate nursing judgment, and evaluation of human responses to actual or potential health problems through such services as case finding, health teaching, health counseling, provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being.
• Uses the nursing process in delivering safe care.
• Accurately documents care of patients and safeguards patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner, respecting the values of members of all cultures. Provides care in a safe and cost-effective manner.
• Seeks opportunities to acquire and develop basic skills.
• Communicates with the patient National Tele-Critical Care (TCC) Program Office and health care providers regarding patient care.
• Establishes professional relationships with peers.
• Seeks out colleagues for mutual information sharing and describes the quality improvement process, roles, and responsibility, and identifies quality improvement activities on the unit.
• Assists in identifying problem areas in nursing practice.
• Collects and analyzes patient and family data for the purpose of assessment, diagnosis, and management.
• Efficiently assembles a focused assessment of physiological, psychological, and medical record data.
• Uses critical thinking skills in diagnosing clinical problems and in defining interventions.
• Re-evaluates prior diagnoses and care plans at appropriate intervals in accordance with expected individual patient outcomes.
• Prioritizes clinical problems accurately and in a timely manner.
• Uses clinical decision support tools in determining evidence-based practices for clinical problems.
• Responds to routine, urgent, and emergent patient problems appropriately by demonstrating effective decision-making.

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: Variable work schedule (6) 12-hour shifts of 6:30pm - 07:00am CST, (1) 8-hour shift of 10:30pm - 07:00am CST in a 2 week period for a total of 80 Hours. Occasional holidays and weekends is required.

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more