Registered Nurse (ICU)

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Loma Linda (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration in California seeks a Registered Nurse to provide patient care and counseling, and to support health promotion and illness prevention using the nursing process.

Responsibilities include data gathering, assessment, nursing judgment, and evaluation of responses; requires current RN license, English proficiency, U.S. citizenship, and completion of accredited nursing education. This role is based in Loma Linda, CA and involves direct patient care.

Qualifications

• English language proficiency is required.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by an accrediting body.
• State nursing license (RN) and registration upon graduation or through bridge programs as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and counseling of persons and promote health and prevent illness in accordance with the nursing process (assessment, nursing judgment, and evaluation).
• Ensure accountability for all elements of the nursing process in direct patient care or supervision of staff.

Education

Nursing degree or diploma

Job description

Summary

The Registered Nurse provides care and counseling of persons or in the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention of illness and injury based upon the nursing process which includes systematic data gathering - assessment - appropriate nursing judgment - and evaluation of human responses to actual or potential health problems. Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• 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
• U.S. Citizenship
• non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• 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) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (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)
• Current - full - active - and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State - Territory or