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This position is located in the Emergency Department Triage at the Wilkes-Barre VAMC.
01/11/2022 to 02/09/2022
$57,512 - $99,622 per year
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1 vacancy in the following location:
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Not required
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Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
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Yes
CBSZ-11328972-22-TDW
631512600
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Maintains current/active Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)/Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) provider status.
- Monitors patient conditions when held over in the life support room.
- Triages all unscheduled patients in accordance with Emergency Severity Index.
- Responds to Outside Emergencies and implements appropriate interventions.
- Provides immediate nursing intervention in emergency situations.
- Implements patient safety practices with regard to medication administration, patient identification, fall risk assessment and prevention, hand-off reports using the SBAR (situation, background, assessment and recommendations) format.
- Is responsible for ordering/maintaining supplies for the clinical area.
- Provides appropriate hand-off report communication using the SBAR format.
- Demonstrates/maintains competencies in accordance with the Core Competencies of the High Performance Development Model (HPDM).
- Provides assistance to other nursing units such as ICU/Telemetry.
Has knowledge and expertise in the following:
- Transvenous and external pacemakers - Automated External Defibrillator (AED)/Cardioversion/Defibrillation
- Treatment of acute MI/ACS, CHF, acute seizure activity, and Respiratory Distress Syndrome Chest tubes Foley catheters/CBI IV thrombolytics IV pain management Expanders Vasoactive
- Is able to assess and implement care of patients with Dx of overdose, acute psychotic episodes including but not limited to suicide, violence, and hallucinations.
- Is capable of providing care to patients with fractures, altered mental state and acute stroke. - Is capable of providing initial care to trauma as necessary.
- Assesses patients' needs on admission with respect to developmental stage, age, sex, religion, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and illness.
- Provides patient health education to patients and families with regard to current treatment, health issues, and patient/family concerns in accordance with educational level of patient/family.
Work Schedule: 12 Hour Tours of Duty mainly 0800- 2000 with rotation as needed, weekends and holiday rotation.
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Title/Functional Statement #:Registered Nurse Emergency Department Triage/PD000000 and PD000000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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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.
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This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 02/09/2022 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11328972.
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