Rn Jobs in Tacoma, VA

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate from a professional nursing program accredited by ACEN or CCNE, or meet the stated qualifying education provisions for bridge-program or foreign-educated applicants.
• Hold current, full, active, and unrestricted professional nurse registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; the posting describes a temporary Graduate Nurse Technician exception for qualifying candidates pursuing licensure.
• Demonstrate proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Meet the education and experience criteria for the applicable Nurse grade and level. Requirements vary by grade and include nursing education and, for some grades, professional or specialized nursing experience.
• Meet U.S. citizenship requirements, subject to the stated exception for non-citizens when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Complete required pre-employment screening and onboarding, including drug testing for selected applicants in testing-designated positions, background/security investigation, physical evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.
• Complete annual Employee Health requirements, such as TB screening or testing.
• Meet the physical requirements of the position, including visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, manual dexterity, and ability to perform the listed physical activities and patient/object transfers.
• Be able to work effectively in stressful situations, shift priorities according to needs, and function as a mature, flexible, and sensible individual.

Responsibilities

• Provide and be accountable for all elements of the nursing process in direct patient care, care direction, and supervision.
• Apply nursing policies and evidence-based practice in clinical work.
• Assess patients, develop customized plans of care, implement care, and evaluate outcomes based on age, culture, and other individual needs.
• Perform treatments, administer medications, and provide therapeutic nursing interventions as appropriate.
• Establish and deliver individualized education for patients and their families or friends.
• Manage day-to-day telehealth services at the assigned location and between that location and remote care sites.
• Participate in program development and advanced support of the facility-wide telehealth program.
• Deliver established competency-based telehealth training to clinicians and telehealth staff.
• Support clinical telehealth encounters at patient and provider locations, including serving as a tele-presenter within scope of practice and functioning as an imager.
• Support clinical data for telehealth store-and-forward applications and manage real-time clinical telehealth events.
• Provide patient education and technical and administrative support for telehealth operations.
• Assist with hands-on assessments and clinical interventions across specialty services, including wound management, pulmonary, endocrinology, nephrology, infectious disease, physical and rehabilitation medicine, audiology, cardiology, genomics, and geriatrics.
• Review charts before specialty clinic visits, verify prerequisites are complete, and enter labs or other orders as requested by specialty services.
• Represent the local facility in Office of Connected Care communities and follow Conditions of Participation quality-management responsibilities.
• Design, conduct, and evaluate ways to advertise and market Connected Health products, including creative writing and communications with internal and external personnel.
• Travel as required by the role.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 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 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.