Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Veterans Health Administration • Muskogee, OK

14d • Onsite

About The Position

The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System is a Joint Commission-accredited Level 1c complexity health care system. It includes a 61-bed hospital in Muskogee and six community-based outpatient clinics in Tulsa, Bartlesville, Claremore, Vinita, McAlester, and Idabel. Federal funding was approved in 2021 for a new Veterans Hospital in Tulsa.

The Emergency Department Registered Nurse provides independent and collaborative nursing care, ranging from basic care to stabilization, resuscitation, and life-support measures. The role includes direct care, education, administration, research, consultation, leadership, and advocacy. The nurse provides competent, evidence-based urgent and emergent care to patients with acute or chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions; triages patients using a five-level system; coordinates care and provides health teaching and promotion; and evaluates outcomes and adjusts care plans as needed.

This is a non-telework, non-virtual position with 12-hour day and mid shifts. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station expenses are not authorized. The position requires a current, full, active, unrestricted nursing registration in a U.S. state or territory, subject to the stated education and licensure exceptions. Required certifications are BLS and ALS; TNCC is preferred. The position involves direct patient care and may require extended periods of walking, standing, and sitting, as well as moderate lifting, repeated bending, or kneeling.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated bridge-program and foreign-education provisions.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
• BLS certification.
• ALS certification.
• Meet the applicable education, experience, and dimension criteria for the assigned nurse grade and level.
• Meet VA employment conditions, including U.S. citizenship subject to the stated exception, background/security investigation, pre-employment drug screening for selected applicants in testing-designated positions, pre-employment physical evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of Emergency Department experience preferred.
• TNCC certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients.
• Provide urgent and emergent care to patients with acute and/or chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions.
• Assess patients by collecting pertinent data and information, including triaging patients using the five-level triage system to prioritize those requiring more immediate care and determine diagnoses, problems, or other concerns.
• Implement care coordination, health teaching, and health promotion.
• Evaluate progress toward expected goals and outcomes and adjust care plans as necessary.
• Perform nursing roles that may include direct care provider, educator, administrator, researcher, consultant, leader, and advocate.
• Provide nursing care ranging from basic care to stabilization, resuscitation, and life-support measures.

Benefits

• 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 VA contributions up to 5%.
• 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