Registered Nurse- Community Living Center

Veterans Health Administration • Cincinnati, OH

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse will work in a Community Living Center, providing nursing care and supporting safe, effective transitions across the health care continuum. The nurse works with residents, families, colleagues, and the interdisciplinary team, using clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, deliberate planning, and critical thinking to manage complex situations and competing priorities. The role also supports nursing education, orientation, competency development, quality improvement, and outcomes utilization. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), subject to eligibility rules and application review. Approved awards may be up to $200,000 for one to five years; former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.

The position is not telework or virtual. Work is scheduled either 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., including every other weekend and holiday. Day shifts may rotate to night shifts for coverage needs, up to six weeks twice a year. The role involves direct patient care and physical activity typical of inpatient nursing, including standing, walking, sitting, bending, kneeling, and lifting or carrying tasks up to 35 pounds in accordance with safe patient handling guidelines.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or an applicable qualifying nursing education pathway described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, except for the stated Graduate Nurse Technician appointment exception.
• Meet the education and experience criteria for the assigned Nurse grade and level; criteria vary by grade and include an ADN or nursing diploma, BSN, MSN, or doctoral degree and, for some levels, specified professional or specialized nursing experience.
• U.S. citizenship, except when qualified U.S. citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Pass required pre-employment drug screening, background/security investigation, and physical evaluation; comply with seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.
• Ability to perform the physical duties of inpatient nursing, including patient care, safe patient handling, lifting/carrying tasks up to 35 pounds, and the stated mobility and sensory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assist in directing nursing education, orientation, competencies, quality improvement, and outcomes utilization.
• Partner with residents, families, and the interdisciplinary team to promote effective and safe transitions across the health care continuum.
• Use clinical knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment; set goals independently to manage complex situations.
• Validate understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions.
• Question clinical practices to support evidence-based care.
• Manage competing priorities and demonstrate competence in practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking.
• Collaborate with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coordinator to ensure the accuracy of the Resource Utilization Group (RUG) score.
• Support colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Share educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.

Benefits

• 50 days of paid time off per year, including 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.
• Potential performance awards and regular salary increases.
• Education Debt Reduction Program, subject to eligibility and approval, with awards up to $200,000 for one to five years.

What This Job Offers

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