Outpatient Surgical Specialty Care Registered Nurse

Job Title

Nurse

Duties

Help Duties include but not limited to:

• Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal specialty care.
• The focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self direction.
• This nurse provides patient care, care coordination, health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management.
• Ability to formulate a plan of care based on nursing assessments and Veteran goals of care.
• Seeks guidance on how to improve care provided to patients and families.
• Delegates elements of care to the appropriate individual based upon assessed needs, condition, and safety of the patient.
• The nurse brings principles and theory with the application of critical thinking skills.
• Responsible for providing competent, evidenced-based specialty care to assigned surgical and non-surgical patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the clinic setting.
• The nurse is required to provide post-op care, wound care, or any other nursing interventions as permitted by the governing licensing authorities and/or Veteran Health Administration.
• The nurse must train and maintain competency in set-up and break down of minor procedures.
• The nurse will order labs, supplies, and prosthetic items per nursing protocol policy.
• In addition, the nurse will be expected to float to other areas as needed and is required to have basic knowledge and competency in that area.

We provide you with health care services at 12 locations serving east central Florida. Facilities include our Orlando VA Medical Center and 11 community-based outpatient clinics in Clermont, Daytona Beach, Deltona, Kissimmee, Orlando, Palm Bay, Port Orange, Tavares, Viera, and Winter Park. We also have a mobile care unit that is based at our Winter Park VA Clinic for Veterans who are unable to visit our hospital or outpatient clinics. The VA Orlando Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Sunshine Health Care Network. We're an innovative care center within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 (VISN 8), which includes medical centers and clinics in Florida, Georgia, and the Caribbean.

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: Full Time, 8 Hour Shifts between 07:00am - 4:30pm, M-F, to meet the needs of the agency.

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.