Registered Nurse (Emergency Department)

Quick Facts

• Role: Emergency Department Registered Nurse (RN)

Description

The Emergency Department Registered Nurse provides and/or supervises direct patient care using the nursing process for urgent and emergent needs. You assess and triage patients (five-level system), develop individualized care plans focused on care coordination, health teaching, and self-management, and evaluate/adjust outcomes. The position also supports policy collaboration, evidence-based practice changes, and documented program/service-level outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent and emergent care across acute/chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions

• Perform assessments and triage; determine diagnoses/problems or other concerns

• Identify expected outcomes, implement a collaborative plan of care, and coordinate health teaching and health promotion

• Evaluate progress toward expected goals and adjust the plan as necessary

• Administer medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines

• Collaborate on development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines

• Contribute to quality improvement by supporting evidence-based decisions and practice changes and completing documented outcomes at the program/service level

• Support peers through constructive feedback and knowledge sharing to foster a safe environment for professional growth

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular salary increases and potential performance awards

• 50 days of paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, and paid federal holidays)

• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care benefits

• Rotating 12-hour and 8-hour shifts; rotating weekends and holidays

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (or eligible non-citizen appointment per VA policy)

• English language proficiency (basic written and spoken)

• Graduation from an accredited professional nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) or qualifying education pathway

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration

• Pass required background/security investigation and pre-employment physical evaluation

• Complete required online onboarding and pre-employment documentation (I-9 acceptable documents)

• Testing requirements for designated positions (including urinalysis) and seasonal influenza vaccination participation

• Comply with selective service registration requirement (males born after 12/31/1959)