Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Surgery

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The duties of this position include:

• Providing pre-operative/procedural care, including nursing assessment of patients, consent, and History and Physical validations, starting of intravenous fluids including venipuncture, assisting with peripheral nerve blocks, assuring all lab work and other pre-operative/procedural testing is completed and communicated to team members, confirming surgical sites are prepared and marked, and the administration of medications as ordered.
• Providing clear and concise preoperative teaching and reviews discharge instructions to patients and families with written and verbal communication.
• Monitoring post-operative patient's level of consciousness after the recovery of anesthesia/sedation.
• Closely observing signs of side effects of post residual anesthesia medications.
• Maintaining knowledge of current American Society of peri-Anesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) standards, VHA Directives, and service level standard operating procedures.
• Ensuring comprehensive documentation of all phases of care and being timely, complete, and accurate in the electronic health record (EHR).
• Focusing on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction and limited critical thinking skills.
• Being responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determining the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care.
• Bringing principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

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: Monday-Friday 6:30am-5:00pm. (May differ depending on the need of the facility).

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized