Registered Nurse-Float Pool

Veterans Health Administration; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off: 50 days per year

Traditional federal pension

Federal 401K with up to 5% in VA-congr

Job summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Puget Sound, is seeking a dedicated Float Pool Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care while covering day-to-day staffing shortages.

You will assess patients, implement physician orders, manage IV therapies, coordinate with NAs and LPNs, and document in the EHR, with ongoing competency requirements and mandatory trainings. This on-site role supports a collaborative, team-based care environment.

Responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care.
• Completes mandatory trainings and uses patient care equipment safely.
• Performs nursing procedures, assesses patient condition, and implements orders in a timely and complete manner.
• Develops and updates plan of care based on nursing assessments and the ANA standards.
• Provides complex wound care and manages IV therapies, telemetry monitoring, and administration of medications.
• Serves as primary staffing resource to COVID unit when needed and collaborates with NAs and LPNs.

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Puget Sound is seeking a dedicated and adaptable Float Pool Registered Nurse (RN). In this dynamic role, the RN provides high-quality, patient-centered care while covering day-to-day staffing shortages.

Key Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to: Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care. Responsible for maintaining competencies and required job duties such as reading email, attending in-services, and actively participating in staff meetings. Completes mandatory trainings. Safely and effectively uses patient care equipment.

Correctly and safely performs nursing procedures. Recognizes overt abnormal signs and symptoms and/or changes in patients' condition and responds appropriately. Implements physician's/provider's orders in a timely and complete manner. Implements nursing interventions/orders in a timely and complete manner. Formulates a plan of care based on nursing assessments, using the nursing process, based on the ANA Standards of Nursing.

Completes initial assessment of patient condition and response to treatment and initiates follow-up as needed. Includes the patient and family/significant other in developing the initial plan of care and establishing goals. Updates plan of care. Assesses patient's learning needs, learning preference and readiness to learn. Develops and implements a plan to meet learning needs, instructing patients and families in basic health teaching and discharge planning.

Evaluates and documents patient response to interventions and progress towards attainment of goals and expected outcomes. Revises plan of care according to evaluations of patient's responses and outcomes. Uses the Electronic Health Record (EHR) software per policy. Works as a team with NAs and LPNs and delegates follows up on tasks. Delivers medications using BCMA. Adheres to Fall Prevention protocols. Adheres to one-to-one and close nurse observation protocols.

Provides complex wound care. Administers blood products as ordered. Administers IV Fluids, TPN, Lipids, PCA and manages multiple IV medications while checking compatibility. Completes cardiac telemetry monitoring training and passes exam with 80% or greater within first 6 months of working on an Acute Care unit. Monitors telemetry and responds to rhythm changes timely. Adheres to remote telemetry procedures and policies. Provides coverage to telemetry monitoring, as assigned.

Serves as primary staffing resource to COVID unit when operating, to include coverage of charge nurse duties, as assigned.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards 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) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00pm-8:00am / 6- 12 hours shifts and one 8 hour shift Compressed/Flexible: Authorized Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Note: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission/NLNAC changed its name to ACEN in May 2013.

ACEN's website may be utilized to verify accredited programs using automated inquiry processes; however, for verification of any nursing program's accreditation prior to 1998, an automated inquiry cannot be used and ACEN must be contacted directly via their email contact information on the ACEN website to verify.) Note: In order to grant credit towards an appointment based on foreign nursing education higher than the associate degree level, formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency accepted by VA such as the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) must be obtained.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $87285 – $161201/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-12.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.