Registered Nurse - Outpatient Surgery

<p>The Outpatient Surgery RN functions as perioperative nurse in a high-volume, fast-pasted surgical setting, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability to meet the needs of the unit while providing excellent nursing care to a variety of patients ranging from age 18 - 100+ years.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>The Outpatient Surgery RN functions as perioperative nurse in a high-volume, fast-pasted surgical setting, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability to meet the needs of the unit while providing excellent nursing care to a variety of patients ranging from age 18 - 100+ years. Excellent customer service, communication and critical thinking are crucial to maintain patient safety. You will collaborate and interact with Surgeons, Anesthesia, OR Nursing, and other professional personnel. You will demonstrate proficiency using the nursing process to provide preoperative, phase 1 and 2 recovery, and discharge; to include safe patient transport. You will document assessments and develop a plan of care related to bio/psycho/social/physical/learning and discharge needs. You will maintain physical and emotional patient comfort, pain management and educate on pain management modalities through collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. You will perform Charge Nurse duties as assigned and initiate and participate in process improvement projects to improve patient care. Knowledge to administer moderate sedation is required for this position. You will cross train to Interventional Radiology (IR)/Preop/Moderate Sedation/Intraop and PACU-Phase I recovery, rotating to each as assigned to meet the needs of the units. You will rotate shifts within the core unit hours 0500-2000 and on-call as assigned to complete post-surgical telephone follow up assessments. You will report to the Nurse Manager for IR Nursing, OPS, and PACU. 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: Rotating shifts to include nights, weekends, and holidays. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p><h3>Requirements</h3>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. 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. Physical Examination: May be required, depending on the needs of the organization. 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.