Registered Nurse (Women's Health Clinic)
About The Position
The Dayton, Ohio VA Medical Center is seeking a Women's Health Clinic Registered Nurse. The RN integrates biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills, and technically competent practice while providing care to clients. The position provides gender-specific health promotion, education, and coaching related to wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management, and involves coordinating care with patients, families, providers, and interdisciplinary teams. The role is in a clinical setting and follows a Monday–Friday schedule from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Telework and virtual work are not available. Relocation and recruitment incentives, as well as permanent change of station authorization, are not available. The position requires a current, full, active, and unrestricted nursing registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, and graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing or an applicable education equivalency. Applicants must meet the education, experience, and practice criteria for the assigned VA nurse grade and level. English proficiency is required for direct patient care. The role may include a probationary period and requires compliance with VA pre-employment, security, identification, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements. The VA offers competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential performance awards, 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, and 11 federal holidays), a traditional federal pension with five-year vesting, a federal 401(k) with up to 5% in VA contributions, and federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance. Many federal insurance programs may be carried into retirement.
Requirements
- Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
- Graduation from a professional nursing program accredited by ACEN or CCNE, or an applicable qualifying nursing education equivalency.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a temporary Graduate Nurse Technician appointment may be available to otherwise-qualified candidates pursuing licensure.
- Meet the education, experience, and scope-of-practice criteria for the applicable VA nurse grade and level.
- U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified U.S. citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
- Selected applicants are subject to pre-employment urinalysis for illegal drug use, background/security investigation, and completion of online onboarding and required application documentation.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA health care personnel.
- The position may require a probationary period.
- Ability to perform clinical physical activities including walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, reaching, pushing, and pulling; adequate vision and hearing to perform assigned duties; and moderate lifting/carrying up to 35 pounds, following safe patient-handling guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Be accountable for individual nursing practice and determine appropriate delegation of tasks to provide optimal care.
- Manage assigned patient panels, use registries, and ensure appropriate evaluation and access for those panels.
- Assist providers with routine gynecology procedures.
- Participate in quality improvement activities related to gynecology services.
- Assist in directing nursing education, orientation, and competency activities, and contribute to quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
- Partner with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team to promote effective and safe transitions across the health care continuum.
- Provide women's health care by integrating theoretical concepts, critical thinking, and technical skills.
- Provide gender-specific health promotion, education, and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.
- Manage competing priorities.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and regular salary increases
- Potential performance awards
- 50 days paid time off per year, including annual leave, sick leave, and federal holidays
- Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting
- Federal 401(k) with up to 5% in contributions by VA
- Federal health insurance
- Federal vision insurance
- Federal dental insurance
- Federal term life insurance
- Federal long-term care insurance
- Many federal insurance programs may be carried into retirement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
