Registered Nurse- Outpatient Specialty Care

About the role

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center (CVAMC) is a two-division campus located in Cincinnati - OH and Fort Thomas - KY serving 15 counties in Southwest OH - Northern Kentucky - and Southeast Indiana with 6 Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Bellevue - KY, Florence - KY, Lawrenceburg - IN, Hamilton - OH, Clermont County - OH, and Georgetown - OH. The CVAMC also supports two off main campus locations in the Cincinnati area via an Eye Center and Mental Health Outreach Community Division.

Responsibilities

• Assists in directing the provision of nursing education - orientation - competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization
• Plans and delivers technically competent care to patients in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice
• Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks ensuring assigned delegated tasks are completed by team members
• Manages nursing care of patients - organizes - and completes own assignments in a safe and timely manner - assisting team members as necessary
• Participates in the development - implementation - and evaluation of interdisciplinary care
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship - allowing the patient to achieve optimal function through assessment and treatment of their health enhancing the patient experience - satisfaction - and/or safety
• Engages patients - families - and other caregivers to incorporate knowledge - values - and beliefs into care planning without judgment or discrimination
• Independently plans and delivers technically competent care to patients with complex needs in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice
• Functions as an emerging leader in providing direction to staff to identify - implement and evaluate patient care needs
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure the plan of care is achieved
• Recognizes ethical issues related to professional nursing practice and models appropriate action by providing and directing others in the provision of care following established policies and ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
• Models high reliability principles and ICARE values to improve patient outcomes
• Actively contributes to the collaboration process and clearly communicates ideas to promote team success
• Makes meaningful and challenging contributions for the betterment of the work group
• Promotes collaborative behavior and team efforts
• Is confident of abilities - effectively initiates solutions and - is alert to new opportunities - techniques - and approaches

Requirements

• Basic Requirements: 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)
• English Language Proficiency: No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English
• 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.)
• 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
• 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 grade
• 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
• Physical Requirements: The Registered Nurse is required to meet the physical standards as outlined in VA Directive and VA Handbook 5019

Qualifications

• Scope Education: Nurse I - Level I - Delivers fundamental - knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical competencies
• Nurse I - Level II: Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts - cognitive skills and technically competent practice in providing care to clients with basic or complex
• Nurse I - Level III: Demonstrates proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning - Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations
• Nurse II: Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others
• Nurse III: Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership - experience and creative approaches to management of complex client care beyond the immediate practice setting

Skills

• Outpatient ambulatory/clinic nursing experience preferred
• Cardiac or pulmonary clinic experience or cardiac or pulmonary rehab experience preferred
• Acute care/critical care experience preferred

Benefits

• Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• 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)

Pay

Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards

Schedule

6:30 a.m- 5:00 p.m. - may be available for compressed tour - but could be any combination of M-F

Telework

Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized