Total 16,339 clinical nurse job vacancies in The United States

• Serves as a registered nurse responsible for the provision if professional nursing care to assigned patients covering pediatrics to geriatrics medicine, within a Medical Treatment Facility (MTF).
• Applies professional nursing principles and procedures in planning, providing, administering, overseeing, and documenting professional patient care following established policies and procedures.
• Collects and interprets health information, identifies wellness and risk factors, along with variations from norms, and makes an assessment.
• Independently identifies and interprets life threatening conditions, initiates and implements appropriate emergency/lifesaving measures.

Provides nursing expertise and leadership in medical/surgical, mental health and other specialty units throughout the institution.

Responsible for the quality and appropriateness of comprehensive nursing care provided to patients where nursing care is provided.

Monitors and evaluates nursing practice to promote consistency in performance and ensure safe patient care is provided.

Serves as a resource person to other nursing staff.

Supervises and monitors various inmate staffed health services programs functioning within the facility.

Responsible for developing and approving the quarterly nursing unit work schedule.

Participates in audits, program reviews and surveys by the institution, Bureau of Prisons, and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Assures the components of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation) are carried out by nursing staff in all areas of responsibility.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

• Plan, coordinate, and collaborate with other health care team members regarding the activities required to meet the patient?s physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs
• Triage and/or assess current condition and treatment priority of patients.
• Direct daily operation of the clinic to ensure optimal flow and prompt attention to patients? individual conditions.
• Provide supervision to nursing support personnel.
• Identify developmental and training needs for clinic employees, providing or arranging for needed staff development and training.
• Develop health care plans and education policies for patient care in the clinic.

Provides nursing expertise and leadership in medical/surgical, mental health and other specialty units throughout the institution.

Responsible for the quality and appropriateness of comprehensive nursing care provided to patients where nursing care is provided.

Monitors and evaluates nursing practice to promote consistency in performance and ensure safe patient care is provided.

Serves as a resource person to other nursing staff.

Supervises and monitors various inmate staffed health services programs functioning within the facility.

Responsible for developing and approving the quarterly nursing unit work schedule.

Participates in audits, program reviews and surveys by the institution, Bureau of Prisons, and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Assures the components of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation) are carried out by nursing staff in all areas of responsibility.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

• Determine and implement proper emergency measures after identifying and interpreting life-threatening conditions and initiating life-saving measures.
• Perform various pulmonary ventilation treatments such as administration of oxygen and compressed air through various means.
• Assist Physician with complex or potentially life-threatening procedures such as cardioversion and insertion of invasive lines, and assist with intubation.
• Identify and interpret serious situations.
• Provide patient and family teaching and counseling.

A recruitment/relocation incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

The Madison Specialty Clinic RN is responsible to provide, direct, and oversee the delivery of quality nursing care to a culturally diverse veteran population in the Madison Central clinics (specialty & primary care). The Clinic RN works closely with the staff LPN's to oversee the delivery of care in all seven of Madison's Specialty Clinics. This includes, serving as a resource for LPN staff, assisting with patient flow, assessing patients with clinical changes in condition and responding as needed. In addition, the Clinic RN also provides individual and group education and trainings to Veterans in the Patient Education Resource Center. The Clinic Nurse possesses the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively apply all aspects of the nursing process within a collaborative, interdisciplinary practice setting. This broad based clinical knowledge enables the Registered Nurse to effectively implement health promotion and prevention interventions, manage acute and chronic illness states, and assist veterans in the attainment of optimal levels of functioning.

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-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

• Perform independent, comprehensive telephone and clinical triaging to establish priorities for patient care.
• Screen patient chart and make psychosocial assessment to determine health care needs.
• Recognize and record in patients' chart changes in condition, abnormal test results, symptoms, or the need for follow-up care.
• Assist health care providers with examinations and procedures.
• Instruct patients on medication, maintenance of health and wellness, and self-care.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of educational activities ensuring nursing staff competencies are evaluated, maintained, and documented.

• Perform independent, comprehensive telephone and clinical triaging, and facilitate care coordination through a multidisciplinary approach.
• Act as relief nurse, triage and screen walk-in patients to assess the severity of the patient's condition and the need for provider intervention.
• Recognize and report abnormal test results, changes in symptoms and the need for follow-up.
• Incumbent will be responsible for educating patients for high risk, painful or stressful procedures with education and support.
• Prepare and administer oral, subcutaneous, intra-muscular and intravenous medications.
• Assist with clinic orientation, and one-on-one patient, educational activities related to acute or chronic illnesses, self-care, wellness/preventive health measures, and normal development and physiology.
• Follow quality improvement and internal control activities for the ambulatory care setting to include risk appraisals, conducting chart reviews, identifying trends and reporting corrective actions.

• Provide family centered care, breast-feeding assistance and infant care education.
• Plan, implement, coordinate, evaluate and oversee nursing care for neonates and their families.
• Perform evaluation and screening of patients to determine priority of treatment, and recognizes life-threatening conditions that require immediate action.
• Verify and annotate all physician/midwife's orders written during the shift.
• Generate nursing care plans.
• Set up, operate and monitor specialized equipment such as radiant warmers, cardiac or respiratory monitors, pulse-oximeter, respirators, blights and PCA pumps.
• Provide constant support to patients and families by providing information and teaching on maternal/newborn care.
• Operate and monitors the performance of sophisticated equipment used in the care of moderately ill neonates, including but not limited to cardiac monitors, EKG machines, infant resuscitation equipment, infusion pumps, and radiant warmers.

• Makes nursing care assignments to various skill levels of professional and nonprofessional personnel.
• Assigns staff to patient care duties based on patient condition and expertise of staff.
• Monitors and oversees staff performance to assure work is accomplished timely.
• Provides comprehensive nursing care to patients based on physician's medical care plan and the physical, mental and emotional needs of the patient.
• Administers oxygen, IV fluid, blood transfusion and prescribed oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular medications.
• Sets up, operates and monitors specialized equipment such as cardiac monitors, respirators, defibrillators, etc.

• Maintain responsibility for the coordination of care and scheduling of patient procedures.
• Perform patient assessments.
• Assist licensed independent providers (LIPs) and other professionals in using diagnostic, specialized instruments, equipment, and accessories.
• Collaborate with surgeons, specialty physicians, perioperative nurses, anesthesia service, and other professional health care providers.
• Provide emotional support to patients, family members, and significant others; assisting with follow-up care, as required.

• Direct the work of Psychiatric Technicians, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, students and volunteers.
• Perform a comprehensive behavioral health nursing assessment and history to plan, provide and direct nursing care across the continuum of care.
• Utilize the nursing process to identify patient problems, generate nursing diagnoses and design a plan of care.
• Develop and initiate an innovative teaching program for patients requiring special approaches.
• Administer psychotropic and complex medications via the oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal, topical, rectal, respiratory and intravenous routes.
• Develop and present classes related to psychiatric/behavioral health nursing to enhance the knowledge base of peers and subordinates.

• Carry out all nursing responsibilities independently exercising expert professional knowledge of the highly specialized procedures related to the Gastroenterology Service.
• Serve as the Clinical Nurse Officer in Charge (CNOIC) for the Gastroenterology Service providing supervision, leadership and comprehensive professional nursing care to adult patients.
• Establish, review and update nursing policies and procedures, internal standing operating procedures and patient education criteria in accordance with hospital, Department of Medicine, accreditation and nursing practices and standards.
• Perform professional duties of a general and specialized nature in the Gastroenterology Service, specifically as a gastroenterology nurse specialist.
• Administer medications via the oral, intramuscular, intradermal, subcutaneous, topical, rectal and intravenous routes.

• Assist the physician in the performance of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and other specialized procedures.
• Operate specialized medical equipment such as resuscitator, defibrillator, electrocardiograph, oxygen apparatus, intravenous pump, rapid intravenous infuser, and infant servo-warmer.
• Screen patient records in order to assess patient history of health related conditions and/or medications that may impact the patient's health status.
• Initiate the patient's nursing care plan based on the physician's orders.
• Make independent triage decisions based on assessment and management skills for all ambulatory patients seen in the Emergency Center.

• Serve as Cardiothoracic Surgery Nurse Specialist (Educator, Case Manager and Clinical Nurse) for the Cardiothoracic Service.
• Coordinate preoperative evaluations of patients undergoing open heart and thoracic surgery.
• Coordinate the cardiothoracic surgical schedule with the cardiothoracic team.
• Serve as the primary nurse provider, performing comprehensive nursing assessment on all patients referred for cardiac and thoracic surgery.
• Manage, facilitate and coordinate patient care to include referrals, diagnostic studies, and anticipated discharge needs.
• Provide direct treatment to the cardiothoracic and thoracic surgical patient by assisting with the removal of chest tubes, extubating, removal of invasive lines, and the removal of sutures, etc.
• Identify areas for nursing research and initiate changes in clinical practice based upon current concepts and findings from research studies.