Registered Nurse - Long Term Care

• Providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned Community Living Center (CLC) residents.
• Overseeing licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting.
• Assisting in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, and competency development.
• Supporting quality improvement initiatives and outcomes-utilization consultation.
• Demonstrating leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.
• Providing peers with informal, constructive feedback for improvement.
• Fostering a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
• Contributing a professional nursing perspective in interdisciplinary team discussions.
• Partnering with others to effect change and produce optimal resident outcomes.
• Supporting colleagues through knowledge sharing to ensure safe, quality nursing care.
• Sharing educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
• Questioning clinical practices to promote the delivery of evidence-based care.
• Participating in activities and strategies to sustain evidence-based practice.
• Collaborating with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coordinator to ensure documentation accuracy.
• Ensuring documentation reflects the appropriate Resource Utilization Group (RUG) score.

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**Pay:** Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

**Paid Time Off:** 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

**Retirement:** Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

**Insurance:** Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

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** 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

** Days, Evenings, Nights as required

**Telework:** Not Available

**Virtual:** This is not a virtual position.

**Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:** Authorized, Up to $15000 for RNs with 2 year commitment

**EDRP Authorized**: _Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive._ Contact Roseann. Pomaranski@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. [Learn more](https://www.vacareers.va.gov/Benefits/EducationSupport/#repay)

**Permanent Change of Station (PCS)**: Not Authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• U. S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Qualifications

• **English Language Proficiency.** In accordance with 38 U. S. C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• **Graduate of a school of professional nursing** approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing ( [ACEN](http://www.acenursing.org/)) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education ( [CCNE](http://www.aacnnursing.org/CCNE)); **OR** Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); **OR** In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware ( [ICD](http://www.icdeval.com/)).
• **Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration** as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a…