Registered Nurse - PACU

Job Title

PACU Nurse

Job Description

Help Five bed post anesthesia care unit (PACU). Incumbent works under the direction of the Nurse Manager. The PACU nurse is responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of perceived, actual or potential physical or psychosocial problems that may result from the intrusion of anesthetic agents and techniques. The PACU nurse takes care of a wide variety of patients including but not limited to the following types of surgeries and special procedures including general, orthopedic, ENT, vascular, urology, Gyn, podiatry, plastics, cardiac, thoracic and neurosurgery. Nurses in the PACU work with hemodynamic monitors, and intravenous lines. PACU staff also assist the Acute Pain Service with epidurals, nerve blocks & other procedures related to treatment of pain. Works with invasive lines and ventilators; are responsible for titrating vasoactive meds and ensuring that patients are hemodynamically stable and free from respiratory complications, meeting VA-PAS phase 1 prior to discharge. They also ensure that surgical and/or procedural complications are managed and addressed.

Benefits

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, no weekends/holidays

Compressed/Flexible: Authorized; either four 10's (12p-10:30p) or six 12s and one 8hr shift (10a-10:30p and 2p-10:30p)

Telework: Not authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Notifications

Current or former employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

This position is in the Excepted Service.

Veterans preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees.