Registered Nurse - Cardiac Catheterization

Job Title

Registered Nurse

Duties

The Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to provide optimal patient care.

Patient Care Delivery

• Delivers safe, effective care to assigned patients while developing technical competencies.
• Safely and effectively operates patient care equipment.
• Correctly and safely performs nursing procedures.
• Recognizes overt abnormal signs, symptoms, and changes in the patient's condition and responds appropriately.
• Implements provider orders and nursing interventions/orders in a timely and complete manner.
• Requests assistance from co-workers as needed and recognizes when to seek help.

Nursing Process and Plan of Care

• Formulates a plan of care based on nursing assessments using the nursing process and ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
• Completes initial assessment of patient condition and response to treatment, initiating follow-up as needed.
• Includes the patient and family/significant other in developing the initial plan of care and establishing goals.
• Updates the plan of care with assistance as needed.
• Assesses the 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.

Documentation

• Documents the nursing process in a consistent, accurate, concise, and timely manner.
• Evaluates and documents patient response to interventions and progress toward attainment of goals and expected outcomes.
• Revises the plan of care based on evaluation of patient responses and outcomes.
• Uses the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), Essentris, Clinical Procedures, and Bar Coded Medication Administration (BCMA) software per policy, as well as any future patient documentation programs.

Critical Thinking and Professional Practice

• Demonstrates grade-appropriate and consistent critical thinking skills.
• Recognizes when a patient has a problem and manages the problem safely and effectively within the scope of practice.
• Demonstrates a relative sense of urgency and takes the right action for the right reason (del Bueno).
• Completes the position-specific Competency Checklist annually and is rated competent in all measured areas.

Performs other duties as assigned pertaining to this occupation to meet the needs of the Agency, Department, Facility, and/or Service.

Benefits

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: Work schedule will be determined by the Supervisor.

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

US Department of Veterans Affairs