Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Veterans Health Administration • Tulsa, OK

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System is a Joint Commission-accredited Level 1c complexity system consisting of a 61-bed hospital in Muskogee and six community-based outpatient clinics. The Emergency Department Registered Nurse (ED RN) provides independent and collaborative nursing practice, ranging from basic care to stabilization, resuscitation, and life-support measures. The role includes direct care, education, administration, research, consultation, leadership, and advocacy. Nurses provide urgent and emergent care to patients with acute or chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions and assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. The role is onsite; telework and virtual work are not available. The work schedule is either 6:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m. or 6:30 p.m.–7:00 a.m., with the shift determined at selection and rotating days off.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduate from a professional nursing program accredited by ACEN or CCNE, or meet the stated qualifying alternative education provisions for bridge-program candidates or foreign nursing graduates.
• 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.
• Meet the education, experience, and dimension criteria for the applicable Nurse grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Pass required pre-employment screening, including urinalysis for applicants selected for testing-designated positions, a background/security investigation, and a pre-employment physical evaluation.
• Register for Selective Service if male and born after December 31, 1959.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Complete the online onboarding process and all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of Emergency Department experience.

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.
• Collect pertinent patient information and assess patients, including triage using a five-level system to prioritize those needing more immediate care and identify 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 needed.
• Perform nursing practice that may include 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 of 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