Registered Nurse Wound Care
Veterans Health Administration
Battle Creek, Michigan
Health system employer
RN
Posted Jul 23
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Hours a week
- 40
- Unit
- Wound-Care
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour days · 5 a week · 40 hours
- Weekends
- No weekends
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Military
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
About this role
This Registered Nurse (RN) Wound Care demonstrates proficiency in practice and deliberate planning in the care and management of patients/residents with acute and chronic wounds across clinical practice settings. Major duties include providing competent, evidence-based care to patients with oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team regarding quality of care, utilizing evidence-based practice to improve skin and wound practice, assessment, and management (including ostomy and continence care), leadership in evaluation of clinical practice and enhancement of staff knowledge, development of patient/resident education, and clinical support to interprofessional staff. Work schedule is Monday-Friday, 0730-1600.
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- RN
- RN License
- English Language Proficiency
- Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency
- U.S. Citizenship
- Selective Service Registration required for males born after 12/31/1959
- Background/security investigation
- Drug screening (urinalysis)
- Seasonal influenza vaccination program participation
Benefits
- Competitive salary with regular salary increases and potential performance awards
- 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays)
- Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting)
- Federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
- Federal health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Term life insurance
Place
- City
- Battle Creek, Michigan
- Median rent
- $957/mo
- Local household income
- $55,693/yr
- Metro price level
- 9% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Battle Creek area index 90.5, where 100 is the national average.
Battle Creek, known as Cereal City, sits along the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan, offering a small-city feel with riverside trails, local breweries, and easy access to both Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo for weekend escapes.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
How this role fits you
Add your preferences
Choose your specialty, travel preference, and license stage to see how this role fits.
The work you want
Where you'd go
Where you are
About the employer
Nationally the VA describes itself as the largest U.S. nurse employer, with more than 120,000 RNs, APNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants. The VA has said it is on pace to reduce staff by nearly 30,000 by the end of FY2025…
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
