Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Registered Nurse - Operating Room

The Northport VA Medical Center is seeking a Full Time Registered Nurse to join the Operating Room team within the Medical/Surgical section of the Nursing Service. This role specializes in perioperative nursing practice, providing direct patient care.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• English Language Proficiency: Must be proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation: Approved nursing school (ACEN or CCNE accredited). Foreign graduates may require equivalency validation.
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a registered nurse in a U.S. State, Territory, or Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: May be appointed temporarily while pursuing licensure.

Grade Determinations:

• Nurse I - Level I: ADN/Diploma in Nursing.
• Nurse I - Level II: ADN/Diploma + 1 year specialized experience OR BSN.
• Nurse I - Level III: ADN/Diploma + 2 years professional experience (1yr at Nurse I Level 2) OR BSN + 1 year professional experience (equivalent to Nurse I Level 2) OR MSN.
• Nurse II: BSN + 2 years professional experience (equivalent to Nurse I Level 3) OR MSN + 1 year specialized experience (equivalent to Nurse I Level 3) OR Doctoral degree in Nursing.
• Nurse III: MSN + 2 years specialized experience (1yr equivalent to Nurse II) OR Doctoral degree in Nursing + 1 year specialized experience (equivalent to Nurse II).

Physical Requirements:

• Requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear speech, and manual dexterity.
• Ability to work effectively in stressful situations and shift priorities.
• Limited standing, stooping, bending, pulling, pushing, walking; ability to lift up to 35 pounds.
• Sitting for long periods, typing, using a computer monitor and telephone.
• Potential exposure to infected patients/materials and combative/aggressive patients.
• Must pass required screening and be medically cleared.

Duties

• Delivers fundamental, knowledge-based care, developing technical competencies.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
• Coordinates care focusing on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction.
• Administers medications and procedures per policies.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to influence care outcomes.
• Responsible for preoperative assessment and postoperative evaluation.
• Provides individualized direct care with emphasis on the intraoperative period.
• Serves as scrub/instrument and circulating nurse.
• Maintains required training.
• May be assigned additional duties as needed.

VA Offers a Comprehensive Total Rewards Package:

• Pay: Competitive salary, regular increases, potential performance awards.
• Paid Time Off: 50 days per year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 Federal holidays).
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% VA contributions.
• Insurance: Federal health, vision, dental, term life, long-term care (many can be carried into retirement).
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory.

Work Schedule:

• 7:30 am - 6:00 pm, with on-call responsibilities.

Key skills/competency

• Perioperative Nursing
• Operating Room
• Patient Care
• Assessment and Planning
• Medication Administration
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Preoperative Assessment
• Postoperative Evaluation
• Scrub Nursing
• Circulating Nursing