Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Job Title

Emergency Department Registered Nurse (ED RN)

Duties

The ED RN responsibilities include, but are not limited to: performing triage assessments on the patients and classifying them using the Emergency Severity Index (ESI), a five-level ED triage algorithm that provides clinically relevant stratification of patients into five groups, from 1 (most urgent) to 5 (least urgent) on the basis of acuity and resource needs. The ED RN then executes evidence-based nursing practice actions to care for the patient based on the determined acuity level. In this capacity, the ED RN is also responsible for the initiation of the standardized orders and protocols. This includes conducting a focused assessment based on the patient's condition, reporting abnormal findings to the ED providers, implementing nursing protocol/providers' orders, and evaluating the patient's response to all treatments and interventions. In addition, the ED RN initiates interdisciplinary referrals for patients who require specialized services, such as social work, mental health, diabetes education, and wound care. The ED RN plays a pivotal role as the patient advocate on the interdisciplinary team (IDT) collaborating with all other team members to assure optimal, timely, and above all, safe care for the patient. The ED RN is a member of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) and Code Blue Team and is required to maintain Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.

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: 1900-0700 with weekend and holiday rotation.

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized