Registered Nurse-Community Living Center (Intermittent)

Veterans Health Administration • Manchester, NH

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the Community Living Center (CLC) Service, Long Term Care Unit, at the Manchester VA location. These are intermittent positions with rotating shifts, including weekends and evenings. Telework is not available, and the position is not virtual. The position is in the Excepted Service, is not a bargaining-unit position, and is covered by a special rate.

The nurse is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care. Care is assessed, planned, implemented, and evaluated using age-specific components and consideration of each person's age and life stages, health, race and culture, values, and prior experiences. The nurse coordinates care across the continuum, supports patient transitions and self-management after discharge, provides patient and family education, and considers factors affecting customer satisfaction. The role includes administering medications and procedures under established policies and guidelines, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to influence care outcomes, and ensuring documentation reflects patient needs, treatment plans, interventions, and responses to treatment.

Applicants must meet VA nursing education and licensure requirements. A full, active, unrestricted nursing registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia is required, subject to the Graduate Nurse Technician exception described in the posting. A full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory is also listed. Preferred experience is in long-term care. Candidates must meet the education, experience, and dimension criteria for the applicable VA nurse grade and level.

Employment conditions include U.S. citizenship except where VA policy permits appointment of non-citizens, drug testing for tentatively selected applicants in testing-designated positions, Selective Service registration for applicable individuals, background and security investigation, onboarding and identification requirements, a pre-employment physical examination, seasonal influenza vaccination, and possible probation and credentialing requirements. Applicants must be proficient in written and spoken English. Physical ability to satisfactorily perform the duties is required.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the education pathways and exceptions stated in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a Graduate Nurse Technician temporary appointment exception is described for eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• A full and unrestricted license from a U.S. state or territory is listed.
• Meet the applicable VA grade and level education, experience, and dimension criteria.
• Be physically able to satisfactorily perform the duties and complete a pre-placement examination.
• Meet applicable employment conditions, including citizenship requirements, drug testing when applicable, Selective Service registration when applicable, background/security investigation, identification and onboarding requirements, seasonal influenza vaccination, and possible probation and credentialing requirements.
• Education used to qualify must be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and meet applicable accreditation requirements; foreign education requires the documentation specified in the announcement.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in long-term care.

Responsibilities

• Provide and/or supervise direct patient care and remain accountable for all elements of the nursing process.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care using age-specific components.
• Coordinate care through patient transitions across the continuum, including patient and family education and support for patient self-management after discharge.
• Consider each patient's age and life stages, health, race and culture, values, and previous experiences when providing care.
• Administer medications and perform procedures in accordance with established policies and guidelines.
• Collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team to influence care outcomes.
• Ensure documentation reflects patient needs, interdisciplinary treatment plans, clinical interventions, and patient responses to treatment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Regular salary increases
• Potential for performance awards
• VA Nurse Total Rewards package
• Federal employee benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type and other factors

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree