Registered Nurse - Spinal Cord Injury Wound Care

Veterans Health Administration • Bronx, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Veterans Affairs is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Spinal Cord Injury Wound Care unit at the VA Medical Center in Bronx, New York. The nurse provides expert clinical care and advocacy for patients with complex wounds, potentially including ostomy and continence care, and coordinates individualized treatment across the continuum of care. The role uses an interprofessional approach to lead wound-care strategies and decisions, monitor outcomes, and support consistent, evidence-based care.

The nurse collaborates with quality management and safety teams, the Inter-professional Pressure Injury/skin Committee, and specialty services to monitor and report wound and pressure-injury data. The position identifies ways to reduce pressure-injury risk and incidence; supports and evaluates clinical staff education; helps procure wound therapies, products, and supplies; and contributes to developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising policies, procedures, and guidelines. The nurse is responsible for documented wound-care outcomes at the program or service level and applies extensive wound-care knowledge, critical thinking, and technical expertise to complex situations.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The VA describes a comprehensive total rewards package that includes paid time off, retirement benefits, and federal insurance programs. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station benefits are not authorized.

Requirements

• Graduate from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or meet the specified qualifying education pathway for nursing graduates, including applicable foreign-education equivalency requirements.
• Hold current, full, active, and unrestricted registered professional nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the stated Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
• Demonstrate proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Meet the education and specialized nursing experience criteria applicable to the assigned VA nurse grade and level.
• Meet the position's physical requirements, including lifting, prolonged standing and sitting, bending, walking, climbing, reaching, pulling, pushing, repetitive motion, and stooping.
• Meet applicable employment conditions, including U.S. citizenship unless an exception applies, background/security screening, pre-employment physical evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.

Nice To Haves

• One year of nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical wound-management care and serve as a patient/resident advocate, including in ostomy and continence care as applicable.
• Provide specialized wound consultations and collaborate with providers, peers, and other healthcare professionals to develop, implement, and maintain continuity of individualized treatment plans.
• Lead wound care through an interprofessional approach to support effective treatment strategies and decisions.
• Coordinate with quality-management/improvement and safety teams, the Inter-professional Pressure Injury/skin Committee, and specialty services to monitor and report pressure-injury and wound data and quality reports.
• Identify programmatic steps to reduce pressure-injury risk and incidence.
• Participate in educating clinical staff in current, evidence-based care; monitor the effectiveness of education and ensure its content remains current and evidence-based.
• Define processes for procuring wound therapies, products, and supplies to facilitate timely wound treatment and management.
• Collaborate in developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Document and take responsibility for wound-care outcomes at the program or service level.

Benefits

• 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 of up to 5%.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs may be carried into retirement.
• Regular salary increases and potential performance awards.

What This Job Offers

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