Summary

This position is located within the Veterans Health Administration - Hampton Virginia VAMC - Geriatrics and Extended Care Service - North Battlefield VA Clinic.

Duties

• Duties include but are not limited to: Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care (ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses)
• Provides a full range of nursing care to patients with complex care needs utilizing the nursing process based on the ANA Standards of Nursing pratice
• Utilizes clinical assessments to develop plans of care - which reflect therapeutic - educational - preventative - and rehabilitative aspects of care
• Performs a comprehensive patient assessment including health history - physical examination - evaluations of deviations from the norm and age specific disease screening - immunizations - and health counseling
• Formulates differential diagnosis and initiates appropriate intervention based on physical findings
• Refer Veterans to specialty clinics when indicated
• Advises - teaches - and counsels individuals - families - and groups regarding identified health care needs and provides information for prevention of illness and injury
• Collaborates with other disciplines to ensure continuum of care
• Completes a comprehensive and timely discharge summary within the parameters of Medical Center Policy
• Discharges patients from care in a timely and effective manner
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: 8am-4:30pm (Monday thru Friday) Telework: Not available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.