Registered Nurse - Outpatient Staff Float (Speciality Care)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 81,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Philadelphia, PA, seeks a Registered Nurse for the Outpatient Staff Float in Specialty Care.

The role delivers knowledge-based care, performs assessments, plans, and evaluates care, and coordinates education and self-management across the care continuum. This position requires collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, medication administration, delegation, and a focus on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.

Qualifications

• Duties involve assessing and planning patient care across age groups.
• Coordinate care and educate patients for self-management.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to influence outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide fundamental nursing care and evaluate outcomes.
• Administer medications per policies and guidelines.
• Delegate tasks appropriately while ensuring patient safety.
• Engage in health promotion and chronic care management.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care coordination

Patient education

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Medication administration

Job description

Registered Nurse - Outpatient Staff Float (Speciality Care)

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

Key Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Staff Float (Specialty Care) delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.

Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. The Specialty Care Outpatient Staff Float RN is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal specialty care.

The focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction. This nurse provides patient care, care coordination, health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. Ability to formulate a plan of care based on nursing assessments and Veteran goals of care. Seeks guidance on how to improve care provided to patients and families.

Delegates elements of care to the appropriate individual based upon assessed needs, condition, and safety of the patient. The nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills. Additional 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 through Friday 7:30 a.m.

- 4:00 p.m. Telework: Not authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.

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 $80848 – $154831/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-30.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.