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Registered Nurse (Float Pool-Intermittent)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System is seeking highly skilled and experienced Registered Nurses for our Float Pool. Our Float Pool serves as a resource pool for the entire facility to provide staffing needs to areas including Medical-Surgical, Mental Health, and Geriatric and Rehabilitative Care services. Float Pool RNs will float to areas in the hospital where they have the experience; providing prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill and injured veterans.
What You'll Do
- →Current, permanent GLA employees will be given the first consideration.
- →Must submit most recent SF-50 to receive 1st consideration.
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards The Float Pool RNs will directly report to the Float Pool Nurse Manager and to the Chief Nursing Service for Patient Flow Operations.
- →He/she is responsible for the delivery of patient care in assigned areas based on scientific principles and the nursing process, and functions as a leader by assuming additional responsibility for improvement of patient care.
- →Job duties include, but are not limited to the following: Assures detailed, current and comprehensive documentation is contained in the patient medical record and other pertinent records.
- →Utilizes human and material resources to provide efficient and effective patient care.
- →Continuously monitors the environment for potential and/or actual safety hazards.
- →Assures adherence to strict safety procedures by all staff.
- →Guides and directs patient care delivery of support staff.
- →Provides input for staff evaluation to rating official(s).
- →Participates in and initiates Quality Assessment and Improvement program activities as applicable to the clinical area.
- →Promotes collaborative practice to provide and expedite quality patient care along the health care continuum; acts as patient advocate to assure appropriateness and quality of care.
- →Assesses learning needs of patients and staff and implements appropriate teaching plan.
- →Initiates and/or participates in studies pertaining to the ward assigned.
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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 71b1e9db-649e-44c7-b113-2a36782ae059
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