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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Mather AFB, CA
Salary: $43,261.00 - $67,891.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Part Time 48 hours - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (916)843-7369

JOB SUMMARY:

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Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 743843

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – 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 care to Veterans?

 

Part-Time Position -  .6

 

Position Description:

The Intensive Care Unit Staff Nurse is a registered nurse (RN) who utilizes the nursing process to provide direct patient care and is responsible for the care of the critically ill patient.

Incumbent is responsible for Nursing practice based knowledge, experience, and evidenced based practice, having direct impact on patient outcomes for critically ill patients. Must possess basic knowledge and skills to function successfully in a collaborative, interdisciplinary, diverse practice setting for effective implementation and planning of patient care and will provide support to families and significant others.  Will demonstrate leadership skills and insure timely patient flow as it relates to admissions, discharges and bed turnover. Assigned duties include numerous activities, such as continuous monitoring of changing patient conditions, hemodynamic monitoring, and other invasive monitoring modalities. Will administer  medications, including careful checking of dosages and avoid  drug interactions; starting, maintaining, and discontinuing intravenous (IV) lines for fluid, medication, blood, and blood products; administering therapies and treatments; caring for ventilated patients, and observing patients and recording those observations in a computerized patient record. Will consult with physicians and other healthcare clinicians and will assist providers in performing diagnostic tests and analyze results. Incumbent will be assigned to the ICU but will be cross-trained to fully function in TCU, ED, and MSU, and will be assigned to float to these units based on patient care needs as deemed necessary by the Nurse Manager or Nursing Supervisor.

 

Position Requirements:

The incumbent is a graduate of a NLN accredited School of Nursing and maintains an unrestricted current licensure a Registered Nurse; BSN preferred.  At least three (3) years of Intensive Care nursing experience is required.  Specialty certification is desirable; BLS and ACLS certification is mandatory.   Critical Care Course completed before assignment to the unit is mandatory.  CCRN preferred.

 

As a VA professional nurse, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries.

 

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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U.S. Citizenship

Full unrestricted Licensure, Certification, or Registration required.

Must pass pre-employment examination.

Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.

Background and/or Security Investigation required.

English Language Proficiency required.