Responsible and accountable for elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care . Demonstrates knowledge concerning the care and movement of patients throughout the facilty. Accountable for patient care through the coordination of admissions and transfers of Veterans to and within the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, along with those originating from other facilities.
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
Duties include: -Accurately manages bed control monitor devices. -Participates in interdisciplinary care rounds and or conference to review treatment goals, optimize resource utilization and recommend alternate levels of care when acute care is not required or recommended. -Effectively communicates census and bed availability on all patient care units. -Resolves bed utilization issues. -Processes admission requests from providers, clinics, and other VA or community hospitals.
-Educates internal and external customers on the VAMC admission slash transfer process. -Monitors the efficiency of transfers and discharges. -Works with environmental management services to prioritize the need for rooms to be cleaned. -Acts as a resource across departments/services to provide help and training as needed to both clinical and non clinical staff.
-Participates on the interdisciplinary committee/team/task force focused on the facilitation of patient flow and organizational performance. -Provides direction and participates in the development and implementation of policies and protocols to ensure the delivery of safe efficient and effective evidence based care.
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: T-F, 10:30am-11:00pm Functional Statements: 61507F, 61539F-61542F Pay scale: NG42
sheila.anderson2@va.gov · 726-610-5259
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $66551 – $126098/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-21.
This is a T-F, 10:30am-11:00pm position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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