Join the VA Black Hills Health Care System as a Resource Pool/Float Registered Nurse and bring your skills where they are needed most. Provide direct and indirect nursing care across multiple units, assess and plan individualized care, administer medications and treatments, educate Veterans and families, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams.
This flexible role offers variety, professional growth, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact throughout the health care system.
Serve Veterans in a dynamic nursing role that offers the opportunity to work across multiple care settings while expanding your clinical experience. As a Resource Pool/Float Registered Nurse, you will support continuity and quality of care wherever your expertise is needed, building therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families while delivering individualized, evidence-based nursing care.
You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, contribute to shared care decisions, and strengthen your practice through varied assignments, continuing education, and participation in activities designed to improve patient outcomes and care delivery. Duties include, but are not limited to: - Provide direct and indirect nursing care to Veterans across multiple nursing units based on patient and organizational needs.
- Assess patient conditions and develop, implement, and evaluate individualized plans of care using the nursing process. - Administer medications, treatments, and nursing procedures in accordance with established clinical policies and guidelines. - Coordinate care across the continuum with a focus on patient education, self-management, safety, and positive health outcomes.
- Engage Veterans, families, and caregivers in care planning by incorporating their needs, preferences, values, and goals into treatment decisions. - Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to develop, implement, and evaluate coordinated approaches to patient care. - Delegate appropriate elements of nursing care based on patient needs, clinical condition, safety considerations, and the capabilities of team members.
- Apply evidence-based practices and participate in unit-based performance improvement activities that enhance quality, effectiveness, and resource-conscious patient 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: - Intermittent - Hours will vary based on the needs of the facility.
- Subject to 24/7 coverage, including 12-hour and 8-hour shifts. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers.
This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community.
This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.
sandi.ortega@va.gov · 910-232-7476
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $66367 – $127336/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-26.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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