About This Role
This nursing position provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care to ill and injured Veterans within a critical care setting. It involves documenting patient observations and changes, collaborating with healthcare team members, and providing comprehensive nursing care to patients with diverse physical and behavioral needs. The role is in a complex, fast-paced environment such as the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) or Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), caring for critically ill Veterans.
Responsibilities
- Provide prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill and injured Veterans
- Document observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition
- Collaborate with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes
- Provide a full range of nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavior problems
- Be accountable for meeting and maintaining the qualification standards and functional statements of assigned grade
- Assume leadership in a patient-centered program
- Establish effective communication with patients, families, visitors, and members of the interdisciplinary team
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens)
- Full unrestricted Licensure, Certification, or Registration
- Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) (Waiver may be available)
- For graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement
- Completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in an MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia
Nice to have:
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Previous critical care experience
- CCRN Certification
- Advance Cardiac Life Savings (ACLS)
Education/Experience Requirements:
- Nurse I Level I: An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, no experience
- Nurse I Level II: An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 1 year of experience, or an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a bachelor's degree in a related field and no experience; or a Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) and no experience
