Registered Nurse- Surgical Unit-PRN

Company Description

Platinum Business Corporation is a company that provides experienced and committed health care personnel and related services to the federal government and private industry.

PRN-Registered Nurse
- Same Day Surgical Unit at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA (NMCP).

Three shifts:
Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM; 10:00 AM-6:30 PM; 12:00 PM-8:30 PM, not to exceed 80 hours every two weeks. Includes a 30 minute lunch break. Must be able to work at least 16 hours a month.

• Provide highly specialized and comprehensive nursing care to a wide variety of patients in the preoperative phase, the immediate post‑anesthesia period, through the extended post‑anesthesia period, to discharge. Provide comprehensive preoperative education, initiate nursing database, identify problems, initiate appropriate consults, and coordinate preoperative arrival time using the operative schedule.
• If required by NMCP, be trained and become certified in the administration of moderate intravenous (IV) conscious sedation via the NMCP moderate intravenous sedation class. The certification includes a four (4) hour lecture and the completion of three (3) moderate IV conscious sedation procedures while under the observation of another certified RN and under the direct supervision of a physician. Sedation training will be provided during normal working hours.
• Provide nursing care for conscious sedation patients of all ages with medical and/or surgical problems as applicable in the ambulatory setting.
• Demonstrate continual assessment of patients for the potential of a life‑threatening crisis during these procedures.
• Provide care as a recovery nurse for surgical procedures performed in the Directorate of Surgical Services (DSS).
• Attend and/or comply with all annual training classes required by the Command, to include but not limited to online annual training provided by the MTF: disaster training, infection control, Sexual Harassment, Bloodborne Pathogens, Fire and Safety, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE), and all other required training.
• Operate and manipulate automated systems such as Essentris, MHS Genesis, and Clinical Information System (CIS), participate in clinical staff Performance Improvement (PI) and Risk Management (RM) functions, as prescribed by the Commander. Maintain DOD email account as directed. The HCW shall be responsive to all email and voicemail communications.

• Degree:
  Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing or an Associate's Degree with 5 years of experience.
• Education:
  
  Graduate from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). As an alternative to the education requirements in the basic contract, the HCW may be a graduate of a state‑accredited professional nursing program or a program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Licensure:
  Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse. Possess and maintain a current unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse in any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Experience:
  
  Possess a minimum of one (1) year of experience as an RN working in an ambulatory surgery center/SDSU/Inpatient setting performing phase II care to patients within the last two (2) years.
• Certification:
  Possess and maintain AHA or ARC:
  Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
• Security:
  Must be able to obtain and maintain a government background check and security clearance.