Registered Nurse (RN) - Float Pool

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (RN) – Resource Office / Float Pool

• Focus: Evidence-based, age-specific nursing care; care coordination and supervision

• Schedule: Full-time; variable shifts and tours of duty

• Incentive: $5,000 recruitment incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates

• Mobility: Expected to float to other areas

Description

Provide competent, evidence-based nursing care and coordinate care for patients across the continuum. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate age-specific care, administer medications and procedures per policy, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to improve outcomes. Support nursing education, orientation, and competency programs while helping drive quality improvement and an evidence-based practice culture.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and/or supervise direct patient care using the nursing process (assess, plan, implement, evaluate)

• Coordinate care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction

• Administer medications and procedures according to established policies and guidelines

• Demonstrate leadership in delivering and improving holistic care across assigned Resource Office float areas

• Evaluate practice continuously using best evidence; question clinical practices for evidence-based care

• Provide informal constructive feedback to peers for improvement

• Foster a safe and supportive environment for professional development

• Contribute a professional nursing perspective during interdisciplinary discussions

• Partner to effect change and produce optimal outcomes

• Share knowledge and educational findings with colleagues to support safe, quality nursing care

• Participate in activities that sustain an evidence-based practice culture

• Other duties, as assigned

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship; non-citizens may be appointed only when recruitment of qualified citizens is not possible per VA policy

• English proficiency (basic written and spoken English)

• Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing (ACEN or CCNE) or eligible alternative education pathways

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state/territory/DC (or eligible temporary GNT pathway while pursuing licensure)

• Selective Service registration (for males born after 12/31/1959)

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Complete required online onboarding and pre-employment documentation

• Pass pre-employment physical examination

• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program

• May be required to serve a probationary period

• Ability to float to other areas as expected

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular salary increases and potential performance awards

• Paid Time Off: up to 50 days/year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays)

• Retirement: traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% employer contribution

• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many options can be carried into retirement)

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

• Relocation/Recruitment incentives: recruitment incentive may be authorized; PCS not authorized

• Not virtual; telework not available