RN Staff PACUSDP

RN Staff - PACU/SDP - position is located in Nursing Service at the WRJ location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

Included but are not limited to:

• The Peri-Operative RN demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.
• Works in partnership with patients and team members for effective disease and care management.
• Uses the nursing process and evidence-based practice to collaborate with Specialty Providers sister facilities VISN Staff PACT teams Community Care and expanded team (family/caregiver internal and community-based services involved in providing care to the patient) to provide patient-driven care.
• Responsible for collaborating with services internal and external to the VA to facilitate care transition in order to effectively meet patients needs.
• Educate patients and family on pre-operative preparation and post -operative care to include but not limited to Surgical site infections (SSI) Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI)
• Demonstrates leadership by serving as an advocate for patients and a team leader with colleagues as she/he continues to enhance his/her own and the teams professional growth development and practice.
• Identifies factors impacting the patients upcoming procedure
• Obtain a Comprehensive patient health history
• Obtain a complete history including system review
• Obtains all preoperative testing results
• Identifies issues that may impact patients surgical plan and communicates accordingly
• Maintains up-to-date documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team in order to assure quality care
• Assumes overall responsibility for professional development by incorporating evidenced-based practice research and performance improvement initiatives as a part of ongoing nursing practice

Conditions of employment

• 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers 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.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• 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 masters level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelors 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.)