Registered Nurse - Acute Care 3 South - Nightshift
About The Position
The Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for Acute Care - 3 South. The nurse provides complex patient care and demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to managing that care. The role includes contributing to policies and procedures, supporting colleagues’ professional development, and evaluating evidence-based practice changes and outcomes at the program or service level. This is a full-time position with a Monday–Friday schedule from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Telework and virtual work are not available. Relocation and recruitment incentives, as well as permanent change of station, are not authorized. Applicants must meet VA nursing education, licensure, and English proficiency requirements. The applicable grade depends on education, experience, and demonstrated dimensions of nursing practice and leadership. A preferred qualification is skill in interpreting and monitoring cardiac rhythms, heart rate, and arrhythmias, and promptly communicating changes to clinical staff.
Requirements
- Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
- Graduation from an eligible accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying equivalent nursing education under VA requirements.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a limited Graduate Nurse Technician exception may apply.
- Education and experience appropriate to the assigned VA nurse grade and level.
- Ability to meet the position’s physical requirements, including heavy lifting and carrying, pushing and pulling, reaching above the shoulder, use of fingers and both hands, walking and standing up to 8 hours, repeated bending, and rapid mental and muscular coordination.
- U.S. citizenship, subject to the stated VA policy exception for non-citizens.
- Pass a pre-employment physical evaluation and required background/security investigation; selected applicants are subject to drug screening and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Skill in interpreting and monitoring cardiac rhythms, heart rate, and arrhythmias, and promptly communicating changes to clinical staff.
Responsibilities
- Provide complex patient care using leadership, experience, and creative approaches.
- Collaborate in developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Demonstrate performance and leadership that improve care for a group of patients.
- Provide peers with constructive formal or informal feedback to support improvement.
- Share knowledge with colleagues and other nurses to promote safe, quality nursing care.
- Foster a safe, supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
- Evaluate outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
- Be responsible for documented outcomes at the program or service level.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
- 50 days of paid time off per year, consisting of 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 federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
