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Nurse (Ambulatory Surgery)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
One vacancy is available in the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center of the Charleston VAMC in SC for a Registered Nurse at the Perioperative department.
What You'll Do
- →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 (but not limited to): 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).
Requirements
- ✓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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: f1b9ad75-fc5f-49f4-846e-27cd3c4c5913
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