THIS POSITION IS 100% TRAVEL TO ASSIGNED INPATIENT UNITS OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT VHA HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE. THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. This position is eligible for retention incentives after 90 days of employment with 1-year service contract.

Duties

THIS POSITION IS 100% TRAVEL TO ASSIGNED INPATIENT OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT UNITS AT VHA HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE. THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. This position is a combination of inpatient and/or emergency department nursing/clinical duties and peer support to facility staff related to the new federal electronic health record deployment. The VHA National EHRM Supplemental Staffing Unit (NESSU) is a collaboration of clinical, peer support and administrative staff that serves Veterans Affairs facilities across the enterprise as they adopt the new Electronic Healthcare Record System. Staff within the NESSU are expected to provide interprofessional services to VISN facilities that are anticipated to need assistance with staff and Veteran access to care, productivity mitigation, data transfer from the CPRS/VISTA system, and staff attrition circumvention. Services provided by NESSU staff are conducted via multiple modalities, including virtual and in-person care. The NESSU inpatient nursing branch deploys RNs with associated competencies to include but not limited to the following clinical areas: Emergency Department, Urgent Care, Acute Care, ICU, SICU, MICU, PACU, Medical, Surgical, Behavioral Health and Community Care. Inpatient nurses are deployed for in-person support as directed by NESSU administrative and Nursing leadership to medical facilities undertaking Electronic Health Record Modernization. Nurses may be asked to flex to outpatient or other duties on occasion. The registered nurse provides care and counseling of persons in the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention of illness and injury based upon the nursing process which includes systematic data gathering, assessment, appropriate nursing judgment, and evaluation of human responses to actual or potential health problems through such services as case finding, health teaching, health counseling; provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being; and executing medical regimens including administering medications and treatments prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized provider (State Level Board of Nursing). The nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, or community (ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses). DIMENSION OF NURSING PRACTICE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT * Practice: Provides leadership in the application of the nursing process to patient care, organizational processes and/or systems, improving outcomes at the program or service level. * Ethics: Provides leadership in identifying and addressing ethical issues that impact patients and staff, including initiating and participating in ethics consultation. * Resource Utilization: Manages program resources (financial, human, material, or informational) to facilitate safe, effective, and efficient care. * Education/Career Development: Implements an educational plan to meet changing program or service needs for self and others. Maintains knowledge of current techniques, trends, and professional issues. * Performance: Uses professional standards of care and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities. * Collaboration: Uses the group process to identify, analyze, and resolve care problems. * Collegiality: Coaches colleagues in team building. Makes sustained contributions to health care by sharing expertise within and/or outside the medical center. * Quality of Care: Initiates interdisciplinary projects to improve organizational performance. * Research: Collaborates with others in research activities to improve care. 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: Full-Time, 80 hours per pay period. Compressed/Flexible: Various shifts 8-12 hour shifts. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: THIS POSITION IS 100% TRAVEL TO ASSIGNED INPATIENT UNITS OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT VHA HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE. THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: This position is eligible for retention incentives after 90 days of employment with 1-year service contract.

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The approving official may authorize a waiver of the requirement for ACEN or CCNE accreditation of any degree in nursing provided the college or university has regional accreditation from an accrediting body recognized by the Department of Education at the time of the candidate's graduation and the composite qualifications of the applicant warrant such consideration. In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. OR The completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing. Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6) OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school 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. Preferred Experience: Minimim 1 year VHA RN inpatient experience in Med/Surg, ICU, Step-Down, Telemetry or ED within last 2 years. Minimum 2 years RN inpatient experience in either Med/Surg, ICU, Step-Down, Telemetry, or Emergency departments within last 5 years. Grade Determinations: The following criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates, and if appropriate, the level within a grade: Nurse I Level I - An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, with no additional nursing practice/experience required. Nurse I Level II - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 1 year of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a bachelor's degree in a related field with no additional nursing practice/experience; OR a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional nursing practice/experience. Nurse I Level III - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a Bachelor's degree in a related field and approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a BSN with approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) or related field with a BSN and no additional nursing practice/experience. Nurse II - A BSN with approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a Bachelor's degree in a related field and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Master's degree in nursing or related field with a BSN and approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree in nursing or meets basic requirements for appointment and has doctoral degree in a related field with no additional nursing practice/experience required. Nurse III - Master's degree in nursing or related field with BSN and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience. Note regarding MSN degrees: If your MSN was obtained via a Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration, a BSN is not required. Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-6 Nurse Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: This position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. Mechanical inpatient lifts are provided. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations, operative/invasive procedures, or home settings. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be a mature, flexible, sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations, able to shift priorities based on patient needs. Must complete annual Employee Health requirements, such as annual TB screening or testing, as a condition of employment. The incumbent who provides care in home settings or other off-site locations may be required to drive and/or ride in GSA-vehicles.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Robley Rex VA Medical Center 800 Zorn Avenue Louisville, KY 40206 US
• Name: KATHRYN FREDERICK
• Phone: 913-203-0670
• Email: [email protected]