Nurse (Community Living Center)

Veterans Health Administration • Roseburg, OR

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Community Living Center (CLC) Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care and counseling to acutely and chronically ill Veterans. The position requires leadership, experience, and creative approaches to managing complex resident care. The nurse works in the Roseburg, Oregon area and provides care in the Community Living Center.

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), subject to VHA eligibility requirements and approval. Applicants must submit an EDRP application within four months of appointment. The program office determines approval, award amount (up to $200,000), and eligibility period (one to five years). Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.

This is a permanent position in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status. It is not telework-eligible or virtual. Relocation and recruitment incentives, as well as permanent change of station benefits, are not authorized. The work unit operates 24 hours a day with varying shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an approved and appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying nursing education as described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted professional nurse registration in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; the announcement describes a Graduate Nurse Technician exception for qualifying candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the applicable education and experience criteria for the assigned Nurse grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Selected applicants in testing-designated positions must submit to urinalysis for illegal drug screening; refusal results in denial of employment.
• Register for Selective Service if applicable to males born after December 31, 1959.
• Subject to background and security investigation and completion of online onboarding and pre-employment identification requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• May be required to serve a probationary period.
• Submit a transcript if qualifications are based in whole or in part on education; foreign education requires the specified equivalency documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care and counseling to acutely and chronically ill Veterans using the nursing process.
• Conduct wound and dressing changes and review supply needs.
• Assist the facility wound nurse with teaching and supporting residents with new stomas, and evaluate pressure-relief mattresses and related equipment for CLC residents.
• Systematically analyze wound, ostomy, and spinal cord injury nursing treatment modalities through data collection, interpretation, and reporting, and make appropriate recommendations.
• Make daily resident assignments, providing general instructions, expected deadlines, and expected work quality and quantity based on residents' needs and progress.
• Conduct admissions and discharges.
• Set priorities, organize and plan work to meet deadlines, resolve routine problems, and perform work independently in accordance with unit standards.
• Perform other duties assigned by the nurse manager to provide quality resident care.

Benefits

• Education Debt Reduction Program reimbursement, subject to eligibility and approval, of up to $200,000 for an eligibility period of one to five years.
• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year: 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting and federal 401(k), with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree