Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Critical Care Registered Nurse (RN)The Critical Care Registered Nurse (RN) delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. The Critical Care RN provides high levels of monitoring/surveillance for vulnerable, unstable, and complex patients who require complex assessments, therapies, and high-intensity interventions. This position is located in the Inpatient/Intensive Care Unit (ICU). 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.VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total RewardsPay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awardsPaid Time Off: Up to 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: 36 hours a week/ 12 hour tours: (NOC shifts variable tours)Telework: Not AvailableEDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn morePermanent Change of Station (PCS): No Authorized