Registered Nurse- Resource Pool/ Float
About The Position
This position is located at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center in the Acute Care Resource Pool (ACRP). The nurse rotates among acute-care departments in response to daily staffing needs, such as sick leave, high patient volumes, and seasonal capacity surges. ACRP nurses provide professional nursing care to age-specific patients in acute-care inpatient areas that include a 30-bed Medical Oncology unit, an 11-bed Cardiac unit, a 17-bed medical-surgical unit, and a 30-bed medical-surgical unit. The pool supports adequate staffing and optimum patient care across these units while offering nurses the opportunity to develop skills in diverse clinical environments. The position requires a rotating weekend and holiday schedule and rotating on-call duty. When called, staff must be able to report to duty within a maximum of 60 minutes. The schedule is day shift, 40 hours per week, with 12-hour tours. Telework and virtual work are not available. The VA offers a total rewards package that includes 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. One full and unrestricted license from a U.S. state or territory is required. Relocation, recruitment, and permanent change-of-station incentives are not authorized. Applicants must meet the applicable nursing education, licensure, and grade-level requirements. The posting describes possible Nurse I Levels I–III and Nurse II–III assignments, with qualifications varying by education and nursing experience. Basic requirements include English proficiency and graduation from an appropriately accredited professional nursing program or an applicable foreign-education equivalency, as well as current, full, active, unrestricted nurse registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia. A limited Graduate Nurse Technician appointment may be available to otherwise eligible candidates pursuing licensure. Additional conditions include U.S. citizenship subject to stated exceptions, background/security investigation, pre-employment drug screening for selected applicants in testing-designated positions, a pre-employment physical evaluation, and participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
Requirements
- Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
- Graduation from a professional nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE, or satisfaction of an applicable alternative education or foreign-education equivalency pathway described in the posting.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; the posting also specifies one full and unrestricted license from a U.S. state or territory.
- Meet the education and experience criteria for the applicable Nurse grade and level. Criteria vary by grade and may include an ADN/diploma, BSN, MSN, or doctoral degree and specified professional nursing experience.
- Ability to meet rotating weekend/holiday and on-call requirements, including reporting to duty within a maximum of 60 minutes when called.
- U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
- Selected applicants in testing-designated positions must submit to pre-employment urinalysis; refusal results in denial of VA employment.
- Meet Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
- Pass background/security investigation and pre-employment physical evaluation, complete online onboarding and application requirements, and provide acceptable employment-identification documents.
- Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and deliver patient care using the Nursing Process and established standards of practice within state and federal guidelines.
- Provide professional nursing care to age-specific patients across acute-care inpatient units as assigned through the resource pool.
- Rotate among departments according to daily staffing needs, helping maintain adequate staffing and optimum nursing care.
- Provide oversight of non-RN personnel and serve as a resource for ancillary staff on the assigned unit.
- Act as a preceptor to new staff members and/or students when requested.
- Follow facility policies and procedures, including the Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program.
- Provide safe and therapeutic care consistent with the hospital's ICARE values.
- Participate in rotating weekend and holiday coverage and rotating on-call duty; report to duty within 60 minutes when called.
Benefits
- 50 days of paid time off per year, comprising 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 insurance
- Federal vision insurance
- Federal dental insurance
- Federal term life insurance
- Federal long-term-care insurance
- Regular salary increases
- Potential performance awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
