Registered Nurse (2E - Short Stay Unit)

Job Title

Nursing Position

Duties

Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing direct patient care.

Deliver fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills.

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care based on age-specific components.

Assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.

Administer medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.

Influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.

Require face-to-face patient care, use of available IT software and equipment for virtual visits, and timely and accurate navigation of and documentation in electronic medical records.

Demonstrate proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning.

Perform clinical assessment of the patient and readily recognizes contraindication for anesthesia and/or surgical intervention.

Apply the appropriate post sedation scoring and assess the patient's postoperative status to include cardiovascular and respiratory systems and airway management needs, neurological system, hemodynamic stability, pain, and comfort needs and mental status, implementing appropriate interventions to maintain or return all physiological system to baseline or above.

Maintain knowledge of current American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) standards, VHA Directive, and service level standard operating procedures.

Responsible for ensuring comprehensive documenting of all phases of care and is timely, complete, and accurate in the electronic health record.

Collaboration with multiple stakeholders is essential.

Perform all other duties dictated by patient care

Benefits

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time 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 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: 1000-2030

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized