Registered Nurse - GEC CLC

Job Title

The CLC Registered Nurse (RN) serves as a key member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team and is responsible for delivering age-friendly, comprehensive nursing care to Veterans in the GEC setting.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates all care based on age-specific components, considering the individual's age, life stages, state of health, race, culture, values, and previous experiences.
• Assumes responsibility for coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, including patient and family education and supporting patient self-management after discharge.
• Administers medications and performs procedures per established policies and guidelines, including daily and weekly skin assessments and monitoring and documenting pain and pain interventions.
• Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team and participates in unit/program level quality improvement activities.
• Establishes therapeutic relationships with patients, engaging patients, families, and caregivers to incorporate knowledge, values, and beliefs into care planning without judgment or discrimination.
• Demonstrates positive, effective communication skills and professional behaviors that promote cooperation and teamwork with internal and external customers.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives and unit-based educational activities for personal and professional growth.
• Maintains compliance with all education and competency requirements to support organizational goals and objectives.
• Contributes to facility accreditation readiness for all regulatory or survey bodies and articulates standards of care, policies, and performance improvement data as needed.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Prior experience in the long-term care or sub-acute rehabilitation setting.

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: 0730-1600 with weekend and holiday rotations

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized