Community Living Center Registered Nurse (RN)

Quick Facts

• Role: Community Living Center Registered Nurse (RN)

• Focus: Leadership and safe, high-quality resident care in a long-term care setting

Description

The Community Living Center (CLC) RN provides leadership and creative management of complex resident care. The role collaborates on developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising nursing policies and guidelines, and uses evidence-based decisions to improve outcomes. The RN is responsible for documented outcomes at the program/service level and partners with the MDS coordinator to ensure accurate Resource Utilization Group (RUG) scoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead and apply advanced nursing judgment in complex resident care

• Collaborate on nursing policy/procedure/guideline development and revisions

• Provide formal or informal constructive feedback to peers

• Share knowledge to support colleagues in delivering safe, quality nursing care

• Foster a safe, supportive environment for professional development

• Evaluate outcomes of evidence-based practice changes for individuals/groups/populations

• Maintain documented outcomes at the program/service level

• Coordinate with the MDS coordinator to ensure accurate RUG score

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens only if qualified citizens cannot be recruited per VA policy)

• English proficiency for direct patient care

• Graduation from an approved professional nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) or qualifying alternate VA pathways

• Current, full, active, unrestricted RN registration

• Drug testing required; comply with random drug testing

• Background/security investigation

• Selective Service registration (if applicable)

• Complete onboarding, I-9 documentation, and all required application documents

• Pass pre-employment physical evaluation

• Seasonal influenza vaccination requirement

Benefits

• Competitive salary and potential performance awards

• Paid Time Off: 50 days/year (annual leave, sick leave, and paid Federal holidays)

• Retirement: federal pension and federal 401(k) with up to 5% contributions by VA

• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (generally portable into retirement)

• Licensure: maintain 1 full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory

• Rotating shifts including weekends and holidays; telework not available

• EDRP authorized (eligibility and award amount depend on VA review; former EDRP participants not eligible)