Registered Nurse Emergency Department

Registered Nurse - EDThe Registered Nurse - ED will coordinate patient care delivery to ensure quality care according to established policies, standards of care, and standards of practice. The practice of this nurse is characterized by leadership in improving patient care. Additional he/she is responsible for assuring continual professional development. The nurse progressively assumes charge and triage nurse responsibilities as assigned, under the close supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee. The Medical Emergency Department (ED) is a split-flow ED with a 10-bed Main and 4-bed Fast Track. The Registered Nurse (ED) is responsible for care of patients within this setting. The Medical ED takes care of ~15,000 annually with enhancements of care delivery to our aging population.VACHS is a Level 1a major interdisciplinary teaching facility with service-lines serving medical, surgical, and neurological inpatients and outpatients, with a Level III Emergency Department, and multiple community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC). There is a large outpatient psychiatric population, with admissions for medical co-morbidities. The Northeastern Blind Rehabilitation Center provides services in a residential setting. Home-Based Primary nursing care is also provided.Duties may include, but are not limited to:Consistently performs comprehensive physical, psychological and social assessments.Detects early clinical changes in patient's condition.Effectively prioritizes actual and potential problem/needs.Develops realistic and measurable outcomes for identified patient needs and evaluates patient's progress toward outcomes.Revises the plan of care when appropriate.Is self-directed in providing and managing safe, therapeutic care for groups of patients.Effectively intervenes in critical patient care situations.Demonstrates knowledge and/or required safety skills in area of assignment and, when appropriate, in the following: emergency preparedness plan, hazardous materials, fire plan, equipment failure emergency plans, and utility outage response procedures for this area.Consistently documents and reports patient care that reflects the critical thinking process.Effectively guides all levels of nursing and ancillary staff assigned to the work unit.VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total RewardsPay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awardsLicensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territoryWork Schedule: Full-Time, Primarily Nights with Evenings. 07:30pm - 08:00am. Rotating weekends and holidays per the needs of the facility.Compressed/Flexible: May be authorized by Supervisor.Telework: Not AvailableVirtual: This is not a virtual position.Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.Notifications:This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position.Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.This position is in the Excepted Service.The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.