Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Job Title

Critical Care Registered Nurse (RN)

Location

Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Unit

Inpatient/Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Job Description

The function of the Critical Care Registered Nurse (RN) is to provide, direct, and supervise the delivery of quality nursing care to a mixed veteran population of varying complexity in the Acute Nursing Care Division. The additional Scope of Practice for the RN on the ICU requires professional competency, cognitive competency, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of critical care patterns of interaction to care for a population of patients at high risk for actual or life-threatening problems. The RN utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, and treat a highly vulnerable, unstable, and complex population requiring intense and vigilant nursing care.

Benefits

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

Night Shift, 8 & 12 hour tours (1930-0800, 2330-0800) with weekends and holiday rotations.

Telework

Not Available

Virtual Position

This is not a virtual position.

EDRP Authorized

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized