Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Department of Veterans Affairs

This part-time position is located at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI., in the Acute Nursing Inpatient Division - Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Milwaukee is located in southeastern Wisconsin, about 90 minutes from Chicago, IL and Madison, WI. Milwaukee is on the shores of Lake Michigan, the fifth largest lake in the world where Summerfest, the world's largest music festival and many festivals take place throughout the summer. There is something for everyone in Milwaukee!

• The Critical Care Registered Nurse (RN) delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. The Critical Care RN provides high levels of monitoring/surveillance for vulnerable, unstable, and complex patients who require complex assessments, therapies, and high-intensity interventions. This position is located in the Inpatient/Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The function of the Critical Care Registered Nurse (RN) is to provide, direct, and supervise the delivery of quality nursing care to a mixed veteran population of varying complexity in the Acute Nursing Care Division. The additional Scope of Practice for the RN on the ICU requires professional competency, cognitive competency, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of critical care patterns of interaction to care for a population of patients at high risk for actual or life-threatening problems. The RN utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, and treat a highly vulnerable, unstable, and complex population requiring intense and vigilant nursing care. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: Up to 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: 36 hours a week/ 12 hour tours: (NOC shifts variable tours). Telework: Not Available EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): No Authorized

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