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Registered Nurse (Master Preceptor, Acute Medicine)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The Registered Nurse (Master Preceptor, Acute Medicine) works jointly with nursing leadership and the Chief Nurse of Acute Medicine in the provision of effective and comprehensive nursing staff development and continuing education programs that support nursing practice, improve nursing health care delivery, and enhance professional development of all nursing personnel.
What You'll Do
- →https://youtu.be/LM35k1p_3Tc?si=6wdZw0Lag331XBMR Major Duties: Utilize nursing process to manage, prioritize, and organize educational needs for Acute Medicine (2-East) staff.
- →Responsible and accountable for gap analysis of Acute Medicine (2-East) staff in conjunction with Acute Medicine leadership.
- →Able to provide patient care as outlined by the staff nurse job description for the unit.
- →Serve as Preceptor and Mentor for new staff, nursing residents and students assigned to the unit.
- →Serve as Mentor and role model for nursing preceptor staff on the unit.
- →Including conducting regular check-ins with nursing staff actively completing nursing preceptor training.
- →Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to implement didactic and simulation training for the nursing unit.
- →Consult with individual clinical groups to facilitate continuing education activities to improvde delivery of care.
- →Assist stakeholders by utilizing clinical expertise to assist in identifying and securing appropriate and available resources to address nursing educational needs within the Nursing Unit.
- →Utilize the nursing process to identify creative strategies to increase efficiency for assigned units, teams or workgroups related to Acute Medicines overall strategic goals.
- →Demonstrate leadership and initiative to support all clinical services through the development and implementation of education programs focused on health information systems such as the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) programs, Essentris, and others as apply within the Acute Medicine service.
- →Evaluate the need for new technology and plan for future resources in conjunction with Acute Medicine Chief, Leadership, and/or Chief of Nursing Education.
- →Collect data for and assist in the preparation of reports as required and/or requested by VASLCHCS and Central Office Serve and Simulation Faculty for the Nursing Education Department.
- →Will develop and provide interprofessional simulation training for the Acute Medicine unit to support staff professional development, annual mandatory education, and competency training.
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: 7d6943a1-8669-4bf4-a059-b0c497344624
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