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Registered Nurse (Oral Surgery)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for a Registered Nurse (Oral Surgery). The Registered Nurse (Oral Surgery) will function in Dental Service.
What You'll Do
- →Provides clear and concise preoperative teaching and reviews discharge instructions to patients and families with written and verbal communication.
- →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.
- →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).
- →Will also assist patients in appointment scheduling.
- →Chairside Assisting: Assists oral surgeon at chairside as anticipated or required in all phases of oral surgery treatment of medically compromised patients.
- →Sets up operatory or surgery suite for planned surgical procedure, cleans dental imit for timely turnover.
- →Passes instruments safely, accurately, and efficiently.
- →Keeps operative field clear of debris and retracts oral tissues effectively and comfortably.
- →Prepares dental medicaments per manufacturer's instructions.
- →Accomplishes all intra-operative procedures within standard infection control protocols.
- →Assists in specialized dental procedures, e.g. oral maxillofacial surgery and in the placement of dental implants by providing working knowledge of the assisting techniques involved in implant therapy.
- →In the operating room: Retracts tissues, suctions blood and debris during surgical procedures, protects nerves, veins, arteries, and muscle.
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.
- ✓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: 11ec836d-48fd-4da5-962f-216de6890943
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