Nurse (Ambulatory Surgery

Job Title

Nurse Ambulatory Surgery Registered Nurse (RN)

Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills, and technically competent practice while providing care to clients. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.

The Nurse Ambulatory Surgery Registered Nurse (RN) provides pre-operative/procedural care including:

• Nursing assessment of patients consent, and History and Physical (H&P) 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,
• confirms surgical sites are prepared and marked, and the administration of medications as ordered.
• Provides clear and concise preoperative teaching and reviews discharge instructions to patients and families with written and verbal communication.
• Utilizes Phase 2 recovery skills to monitor post-operative patient's level of consciousness after the recovery of anesthesia/sedation.
• Closely observes signs of side effect of post residual anesthesia medications.
• Maintains knowledge of current American Society of Peri Anesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) standards, VHA Directives, and service level standard operating procedures.
• Responsible for ensuring comprehensive documentation of all phases of care and is timely, complete, and accurate in the electronic health record (EHR).
• Demonstrates performance and beginning leadership skills that start to impact the standard of care and safety of staff while caring for all patients throughout the continuum of care.
• Responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients.
• Assists in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
• The nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills

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:

07:00am - 5:30pm Monday - Friday 10 hour shifts, variable days.

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not authorized