• Job Description

  Req#: 840417500
  The Northport VA Medical Center is looking to hire two Registered Nurses for the Community Living Center. The Staff RN provides direct and indirect nursing care in a self-directed manner to Veterans/Residents and families, caring for Veterans/Residents requiring long term care, dementia care, palliative care, hospice care, rehabilitation, continuing care, restorative care, skilled nursing, respite, secure unit for behaviors, and geriatric evaluation and management.
  
  
  

  Duties

  
  

  The Registered Nurse (RN) is expected to communicate timely and effectively with all members of the patient care team, as well as relate courteously and appropriately to all internal and external customers. The Staff RN must be able to push-pull and lift 35 pounds and must be able to stand for prolonged periods of time. Finally, the Staff RN is expected to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, and demonstrate consistent effective communication skills and exemplary professional behaviors. Fostering positive interdisciplinary collaborative relationships is essential for continuity of care that is safe and quality driven.
  
  Nursing practice has an emphasis on health promotion, accountability, assessment, education, infection control, safety, and psychological support. A multidisciplinary approach is used to assist the patient, family and/or significant other(s) to attain optimal functioning ability. Measurable outcomes and nursing interventions are individualized.
  
  The RN 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. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
  
  The RN functions within a nursing process framework for problem-solving and care facilitation: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Job duties are focused on disease prevention and achieving optimum mental and physical health and well-being.
  
  The RN is also responsible and accountable for maintaining training required and may be assigned additional duties as area needs require.
  
  VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards
  
  Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
  Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
  Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
  Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
  Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
  
  Work Schedule: 3:30pm - 12:00am
  Telework: Not Available
  Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
  Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

  
  

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• About the company

  The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with integrating life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 1700 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country.

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