Spinal Cord Injury Nurse

We are seeking a highly skilled Registered Nurse to join our Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) team at the Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. As a Nurse II, you will provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients and oversee licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting.

• Provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients
• Oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants
• Displays an in-depth knowledge of clinical care of the spinal cord injury or neurologically impaired patient
• Maintains knowledge in the care of geriatric patients
• Performs assessments, provides treatment and emergent care, and utilizes critical thinking to provide treatment for SCI/D patients susceptible to Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD)
• Assists with activities of daily living (ADLs), minimal to total physical patient care, bowel and bladder care, range of motion activities, patient and caregiver teaching, and women's health
• Effectively implements activities towards health promotion and prevention, management of acute and chronic illness states, assisting the veterans in attainment of optimal level of functioning
• Collaborates and communicates with the care team to facilitate patient appointments, admissions, transfers, and discharges
• Provides education and support to the spoke sites in accordance with VHA directive 1176, as needed
• Works collaboratively as a patient-centered advocate and builds strong alliances with multiple levels of interdisciplinary team members
• Provides supportive measures for the dying patient and their significant others when necessary

• U.S. Citizenship
• 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
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate 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)
• At least 1 year of Spinal Cord Injury, Medical/Surgical, Skilled Nursing Facility, and/or Rehab experience

• At least 1 year of Spinal Cord Injury, Medical/Surgical, Skilled Nursing Facility, and/or Rehab experience

• Visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity
• Potentially long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing
• Transferring patients and objects may be required