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Registered Nurse - GEC CLC
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The function of the Community Living Center (CLC) Registered Nurse (RN) is to provide, direct, and supervise the delivery of quality nursing care to veterans in the Community Living Center care setting. 9CS RNs work with residents that are challenged with MS, spinal cord injury, Huntington's disease, ALS, cardiac problems, diabetes, and other varied medical issues.
What You'll Do
- →The Community Living Center (CLC) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care.
- →This position is located in the 9CS unit within Geriatric and Extended Care (GEC).
- →Many of the veterans assigned to 9CS have mental health issues, including PTSD, anxiety, dementia, and other behavioral problems.
- →The unit staff works closely with all members of the interdisciplinary team to provide the Veterans with optimal care.
- →This is the Veterans home and the care delivered is resident centered and honors individual needs and preferences.
- →Veterans remain on the unit for many medical challenges, IV's, and transfusions; avoiding the disruption of transfer to the acute units.
- →Other duties are, but not limited to: Assuming responsibility for the coordination of care, focusing on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
- →Administering medications and procedures, per established policies and guidelines.
- →Collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
- →Delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.
- →Providing peers with informal, constructive feedback for improvement.
- →Participating in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based practice culture.
- →Collaborating with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) coordinator to ensure documentation is accurate and reflective of the Resource Utilization Group (RUG) score.
- →Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 285f64c5-8a56-488b-ae1e-6e72fc390e86
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