Registered Nurse - North Chicago, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

The Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN) for Medicine Services is assigned to the Office of the Chief Nurse Executive at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, Illinois. FHCC is a VA and DoD dually integrated healthcare center providing care services to Veterans, Active-Duty Military Personnel, and their beneficiaries, including outpatient pediatric services.

Duties

The Dialysis RN executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches in providing care, counseling and management of complex patient care to promote and maintain health and the 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 through such services as case finding, health teaching, health counseling, provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being, and executing medical regimens, including administering medications and treatments prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized provider. The Dialysis RN primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, or community. The Dialysis RN functions within established guidelines and demonstrates the ability to work effectively and develop therapeutic relationships with patients, their families and other professional and supportive personnel who provide patient care. The Dialysis RN assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrates and maintains core and position specific competencies.
• Contributes to the establishment and implementation of evidenced-based nursing standards of practice.
• Independently collects, reviews, and analyzes patient outcome data through interview, medical record review, and analysis of aggregate data. Reports the status of aggregated data and trends noted to appropriate staff.
• Provides nursing care to patients in the Dialysis Clinic setting to include inpatient dialysis patients, and documentation of the nursing process as stated by policy and procedure. Documents and communicates care, outcomes, and trends.
• Role models use of group processes in interdisciplinary care planning and decision making, resulting in improvement and/or resolution of care problems.
• Establishes collegial relationships with other staff within the facility, the VISN, and the VA.
• Refers patient to other disciplines or services as needed (nutrition, social work, etc.).
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.
• Coordinates and participates in community related activities to disseminate information and interpret the mission of the program and the VA.
• Provides leadership in developing and maintaining standards of care which contribute to safe, comprehensive, and quality services to patients receiving services.
• Evaluates the delivery of care using standards of care/practice, analyzes findings and various reports and recommends changes in practices. Facilitates QI processes at the unit and service level.
• Uses knowledge of mission, vision, and values to facilitate care and monitors quality improvements for improved outcomes. Describes and utilizes the continuous quality improvement process, roles, and responsibilities.

Preferred Experience:

• Have at least a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing (BSN) or an Associate/ Diploma in nursing with a Bachelor's degree in a healthcare related field; a Master of Science in Nursing/Master in Nursing (MSN/MN) Degree or a Master's Degree in a related healthcare field;
• Have at least two (2) to three (3) years of dialysis experience;
• Have or maintain current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS);
• Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English Language;
• Have certification as a dialysis nurse by the Nephrology Nurses Certification Commission (NNCC), preferred.

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-Saturday (stacked), 6:00am to 4:30p, weekly on-call

Telework: Not available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

EDRP Authorized: Contact the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance at Learn more

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required