Registered Nurse - Float Pool

Job TitleDuties include but are not limited to:Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care.Responsible for maintaining competencies and required job duties such as reading email, attending in-services, and actively participating in staff meetings.Completes mandatory trainings.Safely and effectively uses patient care equipment.Correctly and safely performs nursing procedures.Recognizes overt abnormal signs and symptoms and/or changes in patients' condition and responds appropriately.Implements physician's/provider's orders in a timely and complete manner.Implements nursing interventions/orders in a timely and complete manner.Formulates a plan of care based on nursing assessments, using the nursing process, based on the ANA Standards of Nursing.Completes initial assessment of patient condition and response to treatment and initiates follow-up as needed.Includes the patient and family/significant other in developing the initial plan of care and establishing goals.Updates plan of care.Assesses patient's learning needs, learning preference and readiness to learn.Develops and implements a plan to meet learning needs, instructing patients and families in basic health teaching and discharge planning.Evaluates and documents patient response to interventions and progress towards attainment of goals and expected outcomes.Revises plan of care according to evaluations of patient's responses and outcomes.Uses the Electronic Health Record (EHR) software per policy.Works as a team with NAs and LPNs and delegates follows up on tasks.Delivers medications using BCMA.Adheres to Fall Prevention protocols.Adheres to one-to-one and close nurse observation protocols.Provides complex wound care.Administers blood products as ordered.Administers IV Fluids, TPN, Lipids, PCA and manages multiple IV medications while checking compatibility.Completes cardiac telemetry monitoring training and passes exam with 80% or greater within first 6 months of working on an Acute Care unit.Monitors telemetry and responds to rhythm changes timely.Adheres to remote telemetry procedures and policies.Provides coverage to telemetry monitoring, as assigned.Serves as primary staffing resource to COVID unit when operating, to include coverage of charge nurse duties, as assigned.VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awardsPaid 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 VAInsurance: 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 territoryWork Schedule: 7:30pm - 8:00am and 11:30pm - 8:00am with rotating weekends/holidays.Compressed/Flexible: AuthorizedTelework: Not authorizedVirtual: This is not a virtual position.Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorizedPermanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized