Staff Nurse - GI Clinic - 14-1101692 - Department of Veterans Affairs (Redding, CA)
POSITION
Summary:
Utilizes the nursing process to access, coordinate, facilitate and deliver direct patient care to patients undergoing GI, Pulmonary and Endoscopic procedures.
Formulates an interdisciplinary plan of care and documents assignments, interventions, and referrals in the computerized patient record system, meeting CPG/PI indicators.
Develops and coordinates care and utilizes quality assurance programs to monitor the delivery of care.
Responsible for educating patients and family members.
Responsible for the delivery of all aspects of patient care including procedural sedation and serves as resource to the GI Services.
Must be able to float to other departments, after appropriate orientation, as needed.
Must be able to do IV therapy and therapeutic phlebotomies.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Graduate of an accredited nursing program recognized by the VA (NLNAC, CCNE) is required.
BCLS/ACLS required.
Minimum of one (1) year of successful clinical practice as an RN required.
Previous experience working in GI Suite within the last two (2) years is highly preferred.
Care and preparation of pre and post GI procedure patients is required.
Must be able to read and interpret EKG/monitoring data.
BSN and specialty certification preferred.
Procedural sedation certification preferred.
Demonstrated abilities in establishment of priorities and time management required.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a diverse interdisciplinary environment required.
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 Licensure, Certification, or Registration required Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.
e.
, Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
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 utilization; Professional Development:
performance, education/career development; Collaboration; collaboration, collegiality; Reference:
.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.
WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Veterans' Preference:
required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
OF-306 Other(Application Form 10-2850a) Resume Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
SF-50 VA Form 10-2850a - Application for Nurses and Nurse Anesthetists (Available (required).
Please use this 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 Fax your documents to 1-478-###-####.
To complete the occupational questionnaire and submit via fax:
View Occupational Questionnaire.
Source:
.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Summary:
Utilizes the nursing process to access, coordinate, facilitate and deliver direct patient care to patients undergoing GI, Pulmonary and Endoscopic procedures.
Formulates an interdisciplinary plan of care and documents assignments, interventions, and referrals in the computerized patient record system, meeting CPG/PI indicators.
Develops and coordinates care and utilizes quality assurance programs to monitor the delivery of care.
Responsible for educating patients and family members.
Responsible for the delivery of all aspects of patient care including procedural sedation and serves as resource to the GI Services.
Must be able to float to other departments, after appropriate orientation, as needed.
Must be able to do IV therapy and therapeutic phlebotomies.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Graduate of an accredited nursing program recognized by the VA (NLNAC, CCNE) is required.
BCLS/ACLS required.
Minimum of one (1) year of successful clinical practice as an RN required.
Previous experience working in GI Suite within the last two (2) years is highly preferred.
Care and preparation of pre and post GI procedure patients is required.
Must be able to read and interpret EKG/monitoring data.
BSN and specialty certification preferred.
Procedural sedation certification preferred.
Demonstrated abilities in establishment of priorities and time management required.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a diverse interdisciplinary environment required.
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 Licensure, Certification, or Registration required Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.
e.
, Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
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 utilization; Professional Development:
performance, education/career development; Collaboration; collaboration, collegiality; Reference:
.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.
WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Veterans' Preference:
required to submit the following supporting document type(s):
OF-306 Other(Application Form 10-2850a) Resume Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
SF-50 VA Form 10-2850a - Application for Nurses and Nurse Anesthetists (Available (required).
Please use this 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 Fax your documents to 1-478-###-####.
To complete the occupational questionnaire and submit via fax:
View Occupational Questionnaire.
Source:
.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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