Women's Health Registered Nurse (RN)

Quick Facts

• Role: Women’s Health Registered Nurse (RN)

• Focus: Gender-specific primary care and leadership in patient care for complex needs

Description

Provide evidence-based, gender-specific primary care to women’s health patients. Lead nursing care using the nursing process aligned with ANA Standards of Nursing Practice, coordinating planning, decision-making, and evaluation of outcomes. Serve as a leader and advocate to improve patient-driven care and support ethical decision-making while overseeing appropriate staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing care for patients with complex needs using the nursing process (ANA Standards)

• Apply clinical knowledge and judgment to plan, make decisions, and evaluate outcomes

• Function as an effective leader for the immediate practice setting

• Improve Veteran/patient-driven care by resolving coordination, timeliness, and process issues

• Deliver care based on patients’ values and beliefs without discrimination

• Advocate for patients, families, and caregivers to improve outcomes

• Serve as a resource to address and resolve ethical issues

• Implement high-reliability principles and I CARE values to increase consistency of care and improve outcomes

• Apply evidence-based practice/research to improve outcomes

• Assess the practice setting to identify efficient, cost-effective care delivery

• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential for performance awards

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

• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% in VA contributions

• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (coverage may be carried into retirement)

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

• Work schedule: 0800–1630, Monday–Friday

• Telework: not available