Registered Nurse-Ambulatory Surgery

The Orlando VA Medical Center is seeking an Ambulatory Surgery Registered Nurse in Winter Park/Lake Baldwin to be responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. The Ambulatory Surgery Registered Nurse Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.

The Ambulatory Surgery Registered Nurse provides pre-operative/procedural care, including (but not limited to) the nursing assessment of patients, consent, and H&P validations, the 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.

Duties include but are not limited to:

* Provides clear and concise preoperative teaching and reviews discharge instructions to patients and families with written and verbal communication.

* The Ambulatory RN monitors post-operative patient's level of consciousness after the recovery of anesthesia/sedation.

* Closely observes signs of side effect of post residual anesthesia medications.

* The Ambulatory RN maintains knowledge of current American Society of Peri anesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) standards, VHA Directive and service level standard operating procedures.

* The Ambulatory RN is responsible for ensuring comprehensive documentation of all phases of care and is timely, complete, and accurate in the electronic health record

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:

Monday-Friday , , , shift may change to meet the needs of the organization

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized