Registered Nurse- Community Living Center
About The Position
The Community Living Center (CLC) Registered Nurse provides competent, evidence-based care to assigned residents and oversees licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants as appropriate to the setting. The nurse assists with directing nursing education, orientation, competencies, and quality-improvement and outcomes-utilization consultation. The role demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaboration. The nurse provides peers with constructive feedback, fosters a safe and supportive environment for professional development, contributes a nursing perspective to interdisciplinary discussions, and partners with others to achieve optimal outcomes. The nurse shares knowledge, educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers; questions clinical practices to support evidence-based care; and participates in sustaining an evidence-based-practice culture. The CLC RN collaborates with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) coordinator to ensure documentation is accurate and reflects the Resource Utilization Group (RUG) score. The position is not telework or virtual. Work schedules may be days (7:30 AM–4:00 PM), evenings (3:30 PM–12:00 AM), or nights (11:30 PM–8:00 AM).
Requirements
- Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
- Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated education and foreign-education provisions.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted professional nurse registration in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a temporary Graduate Nurse Technician exception is described for eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
- Meet the education, experience, and dimension criteria for the assigned nurse grade and level.
- U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when recruiting qualified citizens is not possible under VA policy.
- Selected applicants for testing-designated positions must undergo pre-employment urinalysis; refusal results in denial of employment.
- Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Subject to background/security investigation and pre-employment physical examination.
- Complete the online onboarding process and application requirements in the announcement’s Required Documents section.
- Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
- May be required to serve a probationary period.
Nice To Haves
- Long-term care experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned residents.
- Oversee licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting.
- Assist in directing nursing education, orientation, and competency activities.
- Provide quality-improvement and outcomes-utilization consultation.
- Demonstrate leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaboration.
- Provide peers with informal, constructive feedback for improvement.
- Foster a safe and supportive environment conducive to healthcare professionals’ development.
- Contribute a professional nursing perspective to interdisciplinary team discussions.
- Partner with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes.
- Support colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
- Share educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
- Question clinical practices to support evidence-based care and participate in sustaining an evidence-based-practice culture.
- Collaborate with the MDS coordinator to ensure documentation is accurate and reflective of the RUG score.
Benefits
- Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), subject to eligibility and approval, with an award of up to $200,000 over 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.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
