This Registered Nurse (Inpatient) is located within the Nursing, 3 North, Acute Care Service Line of the VA Boston Healthcare Systems at the West Roxbury location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.
Duties include, but are not limited to: Establishes a therapeutic relationship, allowing the patient to attain, maintain or regain optimal function through assessment and treatment; Engages patients, families, and other caregivers to incorporate knowledge, values, and beliefs into care planning without judgement or discrimination; Demonstrates positive, effective communication skills and professional behaviors that promote cooperation and teamwork with internal and external customers; Participates in unit based educational activities and continuing education requirements; Responsible for maintaining competency to continue personal and professional growth; Applies evidence-based practice/research to patient care; Participates in unit-based activities to improve and deliver cost effective patient care; Demonstrates knowledge of specific unit level performance improvement activities; Incorporates patient preferences into shared care delivery decisions; Other 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: Full-time, Night shift, to include weekends and holidays.
Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Notifications: Current or former employees must submit copies of their most recent Sf-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).
In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is in the Excepted Service.
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. The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp. - If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.
- If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $90747 – $192945/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-19.
This is a Night Shift, with rotations to include weekends and holidays. position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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