Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Quick Facts

• Position: Registered Nurse (Emergency Department)

• Schedule: Intermittent, as needed

• Telework: Not available

• Relocation/PCS: Not authorized

• Virtual: Not a virtual position

• Licensure: 1 full, unrestricted RN license from any US state or territory

Description

The Registered Nurse delivers Emergency Department care using conscious and deliberate planning, assumes responsibility for coordinating care across the continuum, and administers medications and procedures per established policy.

The role focuses on triage (using the Emergency Severity Index), head-to-toe assessment, infection control, patient/family education, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to improve outcomes.

RN duties also include safe equipment use, ethical care delivery, and effective communication to achieve desired patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, supportive environment for patients, staff, and others

• Use and direct safe, appropriate use of medical equipment

• Incorporate age, gender, cultural, and learning needs into planning and evaluation

• Apply and direct infection control measures

• Identify and analyze problems affecting patient care and initiate resolution

• Coordinate patient care and collaborate with other disciplines/departments

• Serve as a resource and guide to patients, families, and other staff

• Obtain initial assessment, evaluate response to treatment, and initiate follow-up as needed

• Triage patients using the Emergency Severity Index (ESI)

• Provide emergent and non-emergent care with head-to-toe assessments; report findings to Charge Nurse, MD, NP, or PA as warranted

• Lead application of the nursing process to patient and organizational processes to improve outcomes

• Administer medications safely and accurately

• Assess, develop, and implement plans for learning needs; instruct patients and families; support discharge planning

• Provide nursing care for cardiac monitored patients and identify cardiac dysrhythmias (e.g., symptomatic bradycardia, PVCs, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, PEA, asystole)

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (or meet VA exception criteria for non-citizens per VA policy)

• English proficiency in basic written and spoken communication

• Graduate of an approved nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) or meet the applicable VA education pathway

• Current, full, active, unrestricted RN license/registration in a US state/territory/DC

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Selective Service registration required for eligible males born after 12/31/1959

• Complete online onboarding and required pre-employment steps (including acceptable identification)

• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required

• May be required to complete a probationary period

• Physical and job fitness requirements (including ability to lift 50 lbs and meet visual/hearing/speech/manual dexterity needs)

• Annual Employee Health requirements (e.g., influenza vaccination, TB screening/testing)

• Preferred: prior acute care/Emergency Department experience; BSN

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government offers a comprehensive federal benefits package. Eligibility depends on the type of position held and whether it is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.