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Registered Nurse (Emergency Department)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Richmond, VA · 1 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections where there is real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Let's extract content: Summary: "Join the Central Virginia VA Health Care System Emergency Department Team! The Emergency Department (ED) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership - experience - and creative approaches to management of complex patient care" That's about the role. Qualifications: long list of basic requirements, grade determinations, etc. That's qualifications. Physical Requirements: mention physicality normally associated with direct patient care: lifting, prolonged standing, etc. Could be part of Requirements or Qualifications? Probably Requirements. Duties: list of duties. Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: more duties. Preferred Experience: Advanced Cardiac Life Support, BSN, at least 2 years of ED experience. Benefits: 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: Night tour 7:30pm-8:00am - 11:30pm-8:00am and Evening 3:30pm- Midnight Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. Thus we have Pay, Benefits, Schedule sections. We need to avoid filler like "Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards" is okay. We need to not include sections with placeholder like "not specified". All sections we include have content. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID etc. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We need to use

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    for prose. We need to decide which content goes where. Possible sections: - About the role (summary) - Responsibilities (duties) - Requirements (basic requirements, physical requirements, licensure maybe) - Qualifications (grade determinations, education, experience) - Skills (maybe preferred experience: ACLS, BSN, ED experience) - Benefits (total rewards package) - Pay (maybe part of benefits? but we have Pay mentioned: "Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards". Could be separate Pay section.) - Schedule (work schedule details) We need to ensure we don't duplicate content. Let's extract each piece. About the role: "Join the Central Virginia VA Health Care System Emergency Department Team! The Emergency Department (ED) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership - experience - and creative approaches to management of complex patient care" We can put that as

    . Responsibilities: Duties and Functions. Duties list: - The Emergency Department Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing care - They assess the patient by collecting pertinent data or information - including the triage of patients based on the five-level triage system to prioritize patients that require more immediate care - They use the assessment data to determine diagnoses - problems - or other concerns - They will identify expected outcomes to develop a collaborative and individualized plan for each patient - The Emergency Department Registered Nurse will implement that plan - including care coordination - health teaching - and health promotion - They evaluate the progress toward achieving the expected goal and outcomes and adjusts the plan as necessary Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: - Provides urgent and emergent care to patients with acute and/or chronic medical - surgical - and psychiatric conditions - Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement - Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care - Assesses - plans - implements - and evaluates care based on age specific components - Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines We can combine these into a

      list. Requirements: Basic Requirements (English proficiency, graduation from approved school, licensure, etc.) plus Physical Requirements. We need to preserve all substantive info. The basic requirements are lengthy; we need to include them but not as a heading? The requirement is to use

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        • . However the basic requirements are paragraphs with many details; we could break them into list items. But we must not invent or summarize away detail. We need to preserve all substantive information. That means we need to include all the details from the basic requirements. If we convert to list items, we must ensure we don't lose any detail. We can split into multiple
        • each containing a sentence or clause. Let's extract basic requirements text: "Basic Requirements: English Language ProficiencyIn accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken EnglishGraduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge programUpon achievement of a State license - the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program(Reference VA Handbook 5005 - Appendix G6)OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing - possession of a current - full - active - and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education programCredit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD)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 ColumbiaGraduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements - but do not possess the required licensure - may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.) NOTE: Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification" That's a wall of text. We need to preserve all substantive info. We can break into logical sentences. Let's parse: - English Language Proficiency: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. - Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). - Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. - Upon achievement of a State license - the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program (Reference VA Handbook 5005 - Appendix G6). - In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing - possession of a current - full - active - and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. - Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD). - 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. - Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements - but do not possess the required licensure - may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.) - NOTE: Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification. That seems comprehensive. Physical Requirements: "Physicality normally associated with direct patient care: the physical requirements of this position include lifting - prolonged standing - sitting - frequent bending - stooping - walking - reaching - repetitive motion - and climbing stairs." We can include that as a
        • under Requirements or maybe separate section? But we have Requirements section; we can include physical requirements as part of Requirements. Now Qualifications: Grade Determinations etc. That's a lot of detail about education and experience needed for each grade/level. We need to preserve all substantive info. That is lengthy. We can put under Qualifications heading with a
            list of each grade/level criteria. But we must not create sections with filler. We have real content. We need to extract the grade determinations text: "Grade Determinations: The following Scope - Education and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates - and if appropriate - the level within a gradeThe Dimension requirements (Practice - Veteran/Patient Driven Care - Leadership - Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research) are detailed for each grade and level within the online assessment: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13026216Grade/Level Scope Education Nurse I - Level I Delivers fundamental - knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical competenciesAn Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing - with no additional professional nursing requiredNurse I - Level II Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts - cognitive skills and technically competent practice in providing care to clients with basic or complexAn ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 1 year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I - Level 1 ;OR a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional professional nursing experience requiredNurse I - Level III Demonstrates proficiency

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