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Registered Nurse- Clinical Operations Support Team (COST)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinical Operations Support Team (COST) demonstrates proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning. Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines congruent with are of assigned care.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but not limited to: The Registered Nurse (RN) functions in all areas of care, in patient, out patient clinics, and community / field units.
- →The COST RN functions as a charge nurse, vaccinator, clinical overseer of lower level staff, monitors patients during procedures and scans, performs monitored transport activities, and other duties within scope of practice as needed.
- →The RN is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients.
- →They delegate and supervise basic nursing care of licensed practical nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel.
- →The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
- →Provides routine, urgent and emergent care to patients with acute and/or chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions.
- →Nursing care ranges from basic nursing care to stabilization, resuscitation, and life-support measures.
- →This nurse integrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment and is self-directed in goal setting for managing complex situations.
- →Validates understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions.
- →Demonstrates expanded knowledge base of the nursing process in the care of assigned patients and or vaccines.
- →Developing basic leadership skills within the concept of the unit through seeking additional leadership experiences.
- →Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care.
- →Demonstrates the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities.
- →The COST RN is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing care.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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