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USAJOBS · 1 month ago

Registered Nurse-Operating Room-Perioperative 101 Nurse Intern

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$84K/yr - $160K/yr

USAJOBS is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Operating Room within the Veterans Health Administration. The nurse will be responsible for delivering fundamental, knowledge-based care to surgical patients and will work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary surgical setting.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Demonstrate leadership by active participation in charge nurse duties and unit/hospital committees

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

Manage OR equipment as it applies to the surgical procedure

Communicate patient care needs in a concise fashion

Ensure proper patient positioning for various surgical procedures

Sterile administration/application of medication to the sterile field

Monitor sterile field, equipment, and traffic flow through the OR suite

Prepare various specimens for pathology and microbiology per policy

Complete documentation on OR record using the electronic health record (Vista/CPRS)

Perform initial/intra op/ shift change/final surgical counts of instruments, sharps, sponges, and miscellaneous items with the scrub person; act per policy

Work collaboratively with all levels of health care professional and support staff to facilitate positive patient care outcomes

Compliance with PPE, precautions and Infection Control Guidelines

Skills in time management, priority setting, assessment and urgent intervention are essential to develop

Participate in On-Call requirement

Participate in evening tour of duty

Qualification

Registered Nurse LicenseNursing EducationPatient CareCritical ThinkingCommunication SkillsTime ManagementLeadership SkillsTeam Collaboration

Required

U.S. 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

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

English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English

Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD)

Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)