Registered Nurse (Inpatient/Med-Surg, Intermittent)

Veterans Health Administration • Portland, OR

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Inpatient Staff Registered Nurse provides complex patient care and demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to managing that care. The nurse collaborates in developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising policies, procedures, and guidelines; demonstrates leadership that improves care for a group of patients; and supports colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care. The role evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations, and is responsible for documented outcomes at the program or service level. These outcomes must be broad and complex and may be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.

The work schedule is variable and determined by the operational needs of the service. Telework is unavailable, and the position is not virtual. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change-of-station expenses are not authorized. The position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status. The position is described as intermittent; eligibility for benefits depends on the position type, and applicants should contact the hiring agency for details.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the education and equivalency provisions described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, or commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; the announcement also describes a temporary Graduate Nurse Technician exception for eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the applicable education, experience, and dimension criteria for the assigned Nurse grade and level.
• Meet VA pre-employment conditions, including any required urinalysis, background/security investigation, onboarding and identification requirements, pre-employment physical evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination program participation.
• U.S. citizenship is required, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the application requirements listed in the announcement’s Required Documents section.

Nice To Haves

• 1–2 years of prior Med/Surg nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Demonstrate performance and leadership that improve care for a group of patients.
• Support colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Evaluate outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
• Be responsible for documented, broad and complex outcomes at the program or service level.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Regular salary increases
• Potential performance awards
• Federal employee benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type, and applicants are directed to contact the hiring agency for details.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree