Registered Nurse (Critical Care Float Pool)
Location: Minneapolis Minnesota
Description: Department of Veterans Affairs is employing Registered Nurse (Critical Care Float Pool) right now, this career will be placed in Minnesota. More complete informations about this career opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Minneapolis, MN United States
Duties:
Shifts: 12 hour and 8 hour; day/evening and day/night rotations.
Critical! Care Float Nurses are competent to apply specific skills required for any area that he/she is assigned, but expecially for a diverse critically ill patient population. These skills include, but are not limited to:
- negotiate interpersonal conflict
- respect differences in patients
- establish rapport with patients and co-workers
- provide emotional support to patients
- adapt rapidly to environmental changes and multiple task demands with frequent interuptions
- maintain behavioral decorum in stressful situation
- accurately complete detailed work
- maintain mental focus and concentration in patient care settings
- ability to work independently or as part of a team
- complete multiple concurrent tasks
- meet frequent deadlines in a timely manner
- transfer knowledge from one situation to another
- assess patient needs based on understanding and synthesis of patient informat! ion
- Utilize behavioral management approaches, provide! support to angry/grieving patients/families
- Provide therapeutic interventions for patients with confusion/behavior issues
- Develop effective care plans based on assessments
- Ensure patient safety and standards of care
- Organize and retain information in basic knowledge and skills area
- Make sound clinical judgements and decisions based on standards of nursing care
- Seek assistance when clinical situations require a higher level of expertise/experience
- Initiate and lead groups of patients and/or other personnel
- Stand at patient bedside for a prolonged period of time without sitting for purposes of monitoring and frequent assessment.
- Current BLS/ACLS certifications
- Pain management
- Impaired gas exchange and ineffective breathing patterns related to: post-operative status following surgical procedure, or intub! ation.
- Hemodynamic instability related to: ( examples) surgery or sepsis.
- Knowledge deficit related to disease/treatment, post-operative wound management
- Alteration in nutrition related to surgical procedure, monitored in manner to prevent ileus.
- Alteration in mobility related to surgical procedure.
- Potential for infection related to surgical procedure, wound management, invasive central lines and healing process.
- Circulation impairment
- Alteration in bowel or bladder elimination.
- Alteration in mental status related anesthesia, sedation, delirium, electrolyte imbalance
- Impaired skin integrity related to change in nutrition, immobility and multiple devices.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. citizenship. Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Full unrestricted Lice! nsure, Certification, or Registration required
Graduate of a s! chool of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. The completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing. Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6)
Current, full, active, and unrestricted reg! istration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
Must be proficient in spoken and written English.
Education/Experience Requirements:
Nurse I Level I - An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, no experience.
Nurse I Level II - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 1 year of experience, or an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a bachelor's degree in a related field and no experience; or a Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) and no experience.
Nurse I Level III - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 2-3 years of experience, or an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a bachelors degree in a related field and approximately 1-2 years of experience; or a BSN with approximately 1-2 years of experience, or a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) or related field with a BSN and no experience.
Nurse II - A BSN with approximately 2! -3 years of experience, or ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a bachelors de! gree in a related field and approximately 2-3 years experience or a Master's degree in nursing or related field with a BSN and approximately 1-2 years experience, or a Doctoral degree in nursing or meets basic requirements for appointment and has doctoral degree in a related field with no experience.
Nurse III - Master's degree in nursing or related field with BSN and approximately 2-3 years experience or Doctoral degree in nursing or related field and approximately 2-3 years experience.
GRADE DETERMINATIONS:
Experience as a RN will be evaluated to determine if the experience is of an acceptable level of quality with regard to the following four dimensions of nursing: Practice, Professional Development, Collaboration and Scientific Inquiry. Each dimension of practice has criteria that demonstrate essential core competencies for VHA Nursing Personnel.
The criteria are as follows:
Practice: practice, ethics and resource utili! zation;
Professional Development: performance, education/career development;
Collaboration; collaboration, collegiality;
Scientific Inquiry: quality of care, research.
Reference: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G6 Nurse Qualification Standard.
Reference: VA Handbook 5005/27, Part II, Appendix G-6 NURSE QUALIFICATION STANDARD http://www1.va.gov/vapubs/viewPublication.asp?Pub_ID=464&FType=2
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Your application, résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
Benefits & Other Info
Working for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, h! ealth benefits, thrift savings plan, and participation in the Federal E! mployees Retirement System. In addition to traditional "dollars and cents" benefits, we offer a range of benefits to help balance work and life. For more information please visit us at http://www.vacareers.va.gov/why-choose-va/index.asp .
How to Apply
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position , you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Tuesday, September 03, 2013 to receive consideration.
To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
It is your responsibility to ensure your respons! es and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login , select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
More Info
Minneapolis
MN
2013-09-01T11:35:51.980120
346664300
Excepted Service Permanent
PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by a! n accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educatio! n in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
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113234
66397
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VATA
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
None
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
Per Year
VHA-618-PSS-13-VU9! 19006
All applicants are required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
- Cover Letter
- DD-214
- OF-306
- Other
- Other Veterans Document
- Resume
- SF-15
- SF-50
- Transcript
You must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
CV or Resume.
VA Form 10-2850a - Application for Nurse and Nurse Anesthetist (Available at http://vaww4.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/vha-10-2850a-fill.pdf ) .
If prior military service, include all copies of your DD Forms 214.
Three references, one which should be a signed and dated performance review.
VA Applicants
You must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
CV or Resume.
VA Form 10-2850a - Application for Nur! se and Nurse Anesthetist (Available at http://vaww4.va.gov/vaforms/medi! cal/pdf/vha-10-2850a-fill.pdf ) .
SF-50 - Found at https://eopf.nbc.gov/va/
Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents:
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
NOTE: If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper application (1203FX) as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.
If you completed the occupational questionnaire online and are unable to upload supporting document(s):
To fax your documents, you must use the following cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf and provide the required information. The Vacancy ID is 919006 .
Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.
If you cannot complete the Application Package online, you may fax all of your materials. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Tuesday, ! September 03, 2013 to receive consideration. Keep a copy of your fax confirmation in the event verification is needed.
To complete the occupational questionnaire and submit via fax:
Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire View Occupational Questionnaire .
Print the 1203FX form, follow the instructions and provide your responses to the occupational questionnaire items http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdfimage/opm1203fx.pdf.
Fax the completed 1203FX form along with any supporting documents to 1-478-757-3144. Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
1-Full-Time
0610-Nurse
Active
https://ApplicationManager.gov/Login.aspx?VacancyID=919006&CheckStatus=Y
15317-Permanent
2013-09-01T11:35:51.980154
VHA-618-PSS-13-VU919006
Your application, résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors o! r omissions may affect consideration for employment.
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If you were eligible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Department of Veterans Affairs.
If you interested on this career just click on the Apply button, you will be redirected to the official website
This career starts available on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:51:17 GMT