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The Fayetteville VA Medical Center is looking for several Registered Float Nurses for Patient Care Services. The RN Float Nurse is accountable and has ongoing including the utilization of general clinical nursing skills and knowledge in the area of care and patient safety, coordination of patients, and education of patients/significant others and indicated.
This is an Open Continuous Announcement that will be utilized to fill multiple vacancies within the Fayetteville VA Medical Center.
11/25/2022 to 12/10/2022
$69,557 - $115,949 per year
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18 vacancies in the following location:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
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Permanent -
Full-time -
Excepted
3
No
No
OCA-20221125-CNR
3276159000
Must be a current employee of the Department of Veteran Affairs
The Fayetteville VA Medical Center (FVAMC) is located at 2300 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC within 10 miles of Fort Bragg. In addition, Camp Lejeune Marine Base and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base lie in the facility's catchment area. The Fayetteville VAMC is a general medicine, surgery, and mental health facility. It is a Complexity Level 1c Medical Center authorized 58 general medical, surgical, and mental health beds. The medical center also maintains a 69-bed long-term care Community Living Center (CLC) to care for Veteran residents. Our CLC serves as host to the North Carolina State Veterans home in Fayetteville, a 150-bed long-term nursing home facility located adjacent to the medical center. Fayetteville VAMC serves Veterans in 19 counties in Southeastern North Carolina and 2 counties in Northeastern South Carolina serving 76,000+ patients. We are also the largest catchment area in the VISN 6 Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Network.
Duties include but are not limited to:
This position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. Mechanical inpatient lifts are provided. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations, operative/invasive procedures, or home settings. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be a mature, flexible, sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations, able to shift priorities based on patient needs. Must complete annual Employee Health requirements, such as annual TB screening or testing, as a condition of employment. The incumbent who provides care in home settings or other off-site locations may be required to drive and/or ride in GSA-vehicles.
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.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We may not make assumptions regarding your experience.Your application, résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
NOTE: Applicant's education and length of nursing practice (experience) will be considered by a Nurse Professional Standards Board in determining the grade and step of the applicant selected.
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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.
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The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/10/2022 to receive consideration.
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Fayetteville VAMC operates two Health Care Centers - 1 in Fayetteville and 1 in Wilmington, plus Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Goldsboro, Hamlet, Jacksonville, Robeson County and Sanford. Our CBOCs provide Primary Care, Mental health Care and offer Tele-health services for other specialties. The Brunswick County Outreach Center located in Supply, NC provides basic medical and tele-mental health care to Veterans in and around the area. Located off-site in Fayetteville, we opened the first community Dialysis Center in the VA health system nationwide. This freestanding dialysis unit has the capacity to treat 64 dialysis patients and is co-located with the Compensation & pension (C&P) program to provide Veterans access to C&P exams when filing for disability compensation.