Registered Nurse - CLC (Memory Care)

Veterans Health Administration • Tucson, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the Community Care Living Center Memory Care Unit, providing nursing care to residents, including people with dementia. The nurse coordinates resident treatments with physical, occupational, and speech therapy; collaborates with interdisciplinary care teams and family members; and assists with restorative nursing care. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the effectiveness of nursing care, and follows established policies, procedures, and clinical changes. The position also oversees and completes required assessments and documentation, monitors residents’ discharge, education, and home-care needs, and handles routine admissions and discharges.

Duties may include monitoring vital signs; providing intravenous therapy, ostomy and tracheotomy care, enteral tube feedings, wound care, range-of-motion exercises, indwelling catheter care, and respiratory care; performing CPR; and administering medication. The position reports and charts significant changes in residents’ conditions, pain, and motivational levels in VA electronic health systems.

The position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), subject to individual eligibility and application requirements. The schedule is either 7:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.–8:00 a.m. Telework and virtual work are not available. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or a qualifying nursing education pathway described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered nurse licensure in a U.S. State, Territory, or Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a limited Graduate Nurse Technician exception may apply.
• Meet the applicable education and experience criteria for the assigned Nurse grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Pass the required pre-employment physical evaluation and, if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position, urinalysis drug screening.
• Meet applicable background and security investigation and onboarding requirements.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program for VA Health Care Personnel.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Physical ability to perform nursing duties that may include walking, bending, stooping, lifting, extended sitting or standing, and transferring patients or objects; use provided mechanical lifts and safe patient handling and mobility protocols.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in long-term care and memory care.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate resident treatments with physical, occupational, and speech therapy.
• Report and chart significant changes in resident condition, evidence of pain, and motivational level in VA electronic health systems.
• Provide care for dementia-related behaviors and collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams and family members.
• Assist with restorative nursing care.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of nursing care delivered to residents.
• Follow established policies, procedures, and systemic clinical changes.
• Oversee and complete required assessments and documentation for residents in the Community Care Living Center Memory Care Unit.
• Monitor residents to ensure targeted discharge, education, and home-care needs are met.
• Handle routine admissions and discharges.
• Monitor vital signs.
• Perform intravenous therapy, ostomy care, and tracheotomy care.
• Administer enteral tube feedings and medications.
• Perform wound care management and indwelling catheter care.
• Help residents with range-of-motion exercises.
• Monitor respiratory care and perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Benefits

• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), with potential reimbursement up to $200,000 for eligible applicants, subject to program review and requirements.
• 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.
• Federal 401(k) with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many programs can be carried into retirement.
• Regular salary increases and potential performance awards.

What This Job Offers

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