Staff Nurse (Home Based Primary Care)(Artesia)
Location: Artesia, New Mexico
Description: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration is currently interviewing Staff Nurse (Home Based Primary Care)(Artesia) right now, this vacancy will be settled in New Mexico. For detail informations about this vacancy opportunity kindly see the descriptions.
As a Staff Nurse, Home Based Primary Care (HBPC), you will:
- Be part of an interdisciplinary team that provides home care to eligible Veterans.
- De monstrate a high level of skill in providing and individualizing care for patients with various diagnoses and changing conditions, which may require specialized care.
- Consider diagnoses and physical, psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs to provide appropriate care for patients generally ranging from age 17 through the geriatric years.
- Develop the initial nursing care plan and update the plan incorporating nursing diagnoses
- Include patient and family/significant other in establishing realistic, measurable goals and in planning care on a continuum.Assists staff in the process of mutual goal setting.
- Exemplify thoroughness and clarity in documenting and reporting administrative and clinical information.
- Meet and maintain qualification standards and functional statements of assigned grade.
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. OR The completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing. Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6) OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
- Nurse I Level I - An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, with no additional nursing practice/experience required.
- Nurse I Level II - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 1 year of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a bachelor's degree in a related field with no additional nursing pra ctice/experience; OR a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional nursing practice/experience.
- Nurse I Level III - An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a Bachelor's degree in a related field and approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a BSN with approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) or related field with a BSN and no additional nursing practice/experience.
- Nurse II - A BSN with approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a Bachelor's degree in a related field and approximately 2-3 year's of nursing practice/experience; OR a Master's degree in nursing or related field with a BSN and approximately 1-2 year's of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree in nursing or meets basic requirements for appointment and has doctoral degree in a related field with no additional nursing practice/experience required.
- Nurse III - Master's degree in nursing or related field with BSN and approximately 2-3 year's of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree.
Physical Requirements: Heavy lifting (45 lbs and over); Moderate carrying (up to 44 lbs); Straight pulling and pushing; reaching above shoulder; use of fingers; both hands required; walking and standing up to 8 hours; repeated bending; Operation of motor vehicle; Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; Hearing (aid permitted).
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applica tion Package which includes:
- VA Form 10-2850a
- Resume
VA Form 10-2850a - Application for Nurses and Nurse Anesthetists can be found at: http://www.va.gov/vaforms/search_action.asp?FormNo=2850&tkey=&Action=Search. Required
Current New Mexico VA Health Care System Employees will be given first consideration. (Recent SF-50 required)
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please use this checklist to ensure you have included all documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's, etc.
- Cover Letter
- DD-214
- Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs)
- OF-306
- VA Form 10-2850a
- Resume
- SF-15
- SF-50
- Transcript
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If you wer e eligible to this vacancy, please send us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.
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This vacancy starts available on: Wed, 09 May 2018 12:09:40 GMT