Registered Nurse - Progressive Care Unit

Veterans Health Administration • West Roxbury, MA

15h • Onsite

About The Position

This full-time Registered Nurse position is in the Progressive Care Unit within the Nursing service at the West Roxbury location, working 40 hours per week. The RN provides competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients, including acutely ill patients who are moderately stable but at elevated risk for instability and require high-intensity care and vigilance. Patients may have medical, surgical, or cardiology needs.

The nurse uses the nursing process to manage, develop, implement, and evaluate each patient’s individual plan of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team. The position also involves oversight of licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants as appropriate, supporting nursing education and orientation, and contributing to quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation. The incumbent works under the direction of the Nurse Manager.

The RN demonstrates leadership in holistic care, evaluates practice using the best available evidence, supports colleagues through knowledge sharing and constructive feedback, and fosters a safe, supportive environment for professional development. The nurse contributes a nursing perspective to interdisciplinary discussions, partners with others to improve outcomes, shares educational findings and ideas with peers, questions clinical practices to promote evidence-based care, and participates in sustaining an evidence-based practice culture. The RN administers medications using BCMA and documents treatments and patient care using CPRS and CliniComp, while maintaining a safe and dignified environment.

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 professional nurse registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the stated Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
• Ability to physically perform the duties satisfactorily and pass a pre-placement physical examination.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Meet applicable pre-employment screening and onboarding conditions, including urinalysis for applicants selected for testing-designated positions, background/security investigation, and seasonal influenza vaccination.
• Preferred: 2–3 years of medical/surgical nursing experience.
• Preferred: Telemetry experience.
• Preferred: Stepdown/ICU experience.
• Preferred: Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Preferred: Ability to collaborate with other healthcare providers as part of the interdisciplinary team.

Nice To Haves

• 2–3 years of medical/surgical nursing experience.
• Telemetry experience.
• Stepdown/ICU experience.
• Effective oral and written communication.
• Ability to collaborate with healthcare providers as part of the interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients, including acutely ill patients with elevated risk for instability.
• Deliver high-intensity care and maintain vigilance for patients with medical, surgical, and cardiology needs.
• Use the nursing process to manage, develop, implement, and evaluate individual patient care plans with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Oversee licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants as appropriate to the setting.
• Assist with nursing education, orientation, and competency activities.
• Provide consultation related to quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
• Evaluate practice on an ongoing basis using the best available evidence and provide peers with informal constructive feedback.
• Foster a safe and supportive environment conducive to healthcare professionals’ development.
• Contribute the nursing perspective to interdisciplinary discussions and partner with others to improve outcomes.
• Support colleagues through knowledge sharing and share educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
• Question clinical practices and participate in strategies that sustain an evidence-based practice culture.
• Administer medications using BCMA and document treatments and patient care using CPRS and CliniComp.
• Maintain a safe and dignified environment.

Benefits

• 50 days of paid time off per year, consisting of 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.
• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.

What This Job Offers

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