Registered Nurse – Hudvash

Summary

The Housing and Urban Development – Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUDVASH) Registered Nurse (RN) focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction. Provides patient management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings. This is an open continuous announcement until September 30, 2026. Qualified applicants will be considered & referred as vacancies become available.

Duties

• The Housing and Urban Development – Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUDVASH) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients.
• Provides patient management, care coordination, and discharge/disposition planning for inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs.
• This includes, but is not limited to, acute, chronic, multiple, complex, catastrophic, or life-threatening illnesses; combat stress, residuals of traumatic brain injury; community adjustment; addictions and other health problems.
• But not limited to: Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care.
• Develops a plan of care using information from the patient, family, and provider.
• Bridges the gap between discharge and primary care follow-up.
• Identifies high-risk patient population and transitions to appropriate discipline (i.e., Primary Care, Home Based primary Care, Hospice/Palliative Care etc.).
• Responsible for intensive monitoring, follow-up, and clinical management of high-risk patients.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to develop and implement the Veteran Housing Stability Plan.
• Contributes to the team-based assessment of the ability of individual Veterans to live independently in the community, as part of eligibility determination for Veterans with complex medical and psychological risk factors.
• Provides recovery-oriented and Housing First services, with the goal of establishing the Veteran independently in the community, at the Veteran's highest level of functioning.
• Addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation in interdisciplinary patient care management practice.
• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.
• Evaluates practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence.
• Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
• Contributes professional nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team.
• Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes.
• Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
• Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care.
• Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture.
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards.
• Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards.
• 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.
• 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, 7:30 am – 4:00 pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.

Conditions of employment include:

• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/I-9-central/form-I-9-acceptable-documents).
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Required Documents

Prepare the documents below before applying. Always confirm the exact requirements on the official announcement, since they vary by position:

• Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limitation into the 'Other' document upload field.
• Letter DD-214/ Statement of.
• Letter (Schedule A).
• Resume #2 PCS Orders.
• Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notification of.
• Preference eligible candidates and other.
• Veterans will be given preference when qualification of candidates are approximately equal for.
• Title 38 positions in VHA.
• When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire.
• You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.).