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Registered Nurse Operating Room
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →This Registered Nurse-Operating Room position is in Nursing, Surgical Service and located at the Manchester, NH VA location.
- →This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.
- →The Operating Room Nurse provides broad-based clinical knowledge and skills to effectively apply all aspects of the nursing process within a collaborative, interdisciplinary surgical setting.
- →The OR nurse is responsible and accountable for the provision of industry standard direct patient care to a culturally diverse veteran patient population.
- →Duties are Included but are not limited to: Independently circulate a wide range of surgical procedures, ensuring adherence to sterile technique, patient safety standards, surgical time-outs, accurate documentation, and effective coordination among the interdisciplinary perioperative team throughout all phases of care according to National and local VA directives.
- →Perform scrub nurse responsibilities for diverse surgical specialties by maintaining sterile fields, preparing and handling surgical instruments and supplies, anticipating surgeon needs, and supporting safe, efficient intraoperative patient care.
- →Manage OR equipment as it applies to the surgical procedure.
- →Review surgeon's preference card and prepare the OR for the surgery.
- →Ensure availability of instruments, equipment, sterile supplies, and implants.
- →Interview the patient and review the preoperative assessment, check chart for required documentation: history and physical examination, consents, day of surgery note, correct surgical site, laboratory tests results, lab values, allergies, and NPO status.
- →Assist anesthesia provider with induction within Nursing Scope of Practice.
- →Ensure proper patient positioning for various surgical procedures.
- →Complete documentation on OR record using the electronic health record (Vista/CPRS).
- →Perform surgical counts of instruments, sharps, sponges, and miscellaneous items with the scrub person per policy.
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 examination.
- ✓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.
- ✓May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 064b0ba0-2f10-4917-98f0-2db44ef4c58e
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