Registered Nurse - Operating Room
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Description: Department Of Veterans Affairs is currently interviewing Registered Nurse - Operating Room right now, this position will be designated in North Carolina. Detailed specification about this position opportunity please read the description below. Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) 920987
O UR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise - "To care for him who shall ha! ve borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.
Since 1953, VAMC Durham has been improving the health of the men and women who have so proudly served our nation. We consider it our privilege to serve your health care needs in any way we can. Services are available to more than 200,000 veterans living in a 26-county area of central and eastern North Carolina. In addition to our main facility in Durham, we offer services in three community-based outpatient clinics. These clinics are located in —
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Greenville, North Carolina
- Morehead City, North Carolina With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities and leadership positions at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the Nation, but we also provide many other service! s to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National! Cemeteries. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities. For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized for this position.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
Must pass pre-employment examination.
Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
Background and/or Security Investigation required.
Must be pr! oficient in written and spoken English
Full unrestricted Licensure, Certification or Registration required
U.S. Citizenship required DUTIES:
***YOU MUST INCLUDE OF 306 - Declaration for Federal Employment (available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/of0306.pdf ). Failure to submit a current completed and signed OF 306, dated within the past year, will result in your application not being considered. Please refer to the "Required Documents" section of this announcement for further guidance. ***
Tour of Duty: Monday -Friday, 8 hour tours, on call schedule for 30
minute call back
The successful candidate
will be responsible for holistic nursing care of patients in the Operating Room. The OR nurse uses knowledge, judgment and
skills based on the principles of physical, biological, physiological,
behavioral, social and nursing science.
The OR nurse performs circulating and scrub nurse duties in an
interd! isciplinary setting.
OR
Procedures/Process
The Op! erating Room consists of 8 rooms for
inpatient and outpatient surgeries.
The following surgeries are performed: Cardiac-Thoracic, General,
Cardiovascular, Orthopedics, Plastic, Neurosurgery, Genitourinary,
Gynecological, Eye, Dental, Podiatry, Bronchoscopy, Radiation Oncology and
ENT.
Peri-operative nursing care is provided to
surgical patients for scheduled and emergency procedures. Following surgery, patients are
transferred to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), or the Intensive Care
Unit (ICU).
Each operating room has a circulating nurse,
which is always an RN, and a scrub nurse/technician. A RN, OR tech performs the scrub role. Some cases may require an additional person
in the role scrub or circulator depending on the complexity of the case.
Services
Provided
The operating room is involved in the
training of: surgical residents from Duke University; and nursing students!
from multiple locations. OR Tech
students also affiliate intermittently for their operating room experience
as well as CRNA students from Duke University.
Out-Patients processing the pre-op clinic or 4B
for their pre-op assessment and teaching. The peri-operative nurse identifies
and documents nursing care needs on the pre-operative assessment form. The nursing intra-operative documentation is
completed in the surgical package.
Most Common Patient Problems
Requiring Nursing Care
Cardiothoracic Surgery: Coronary Artery
Bypass Graft and valve replacements
General Surgery: Hernia repairs; open and
laparoscopic procedures, and colectomies
Cardiovascular: Carotid Endarterectomy and
Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Stent/repair
Genitourinary: Ureteroscopy with laser
ablation of stones, Transurethral Resection of Bladder tumors, robotic
surgery.
Orthopedic: Total Joint Replacements and
arthroscopic surgeries (knee and sh! oulder) QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. citizenship. Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Full unrestricted Licensure, Certification, or Registration required
Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. The completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the! completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing. Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6)
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.
Preferred Experience:
Minimum of 2 years successful nursing experience.
Minimum of 1 year current Operating Room experience.
Prior VA experience.
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate & to
maintain composure in stressful situations.
Demonstrated effectiveness in emergency situations.
Able to fulfill 30 minute response time when On Call. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
ANCC for OR
ACLS
BLS
GRADE DETERMINATIONS:
Experience as a RN will be ev! aluated to determine if the experience is of an acceptable level of qua! lity with regard to the following four dimensions of nursing: Practice, Professional Development, Collaboration and Scientific Inquiry. Each dimension of practice has criteria that demonstrate essential core competencies for VHA Nursing Personnel.
The crit eria are as follows:
Practice: practice, ethics and resource utilization;
Professional Development: performance, education/career development;
Collaboration; collaboration, collegiality;
Scientific Inquiry: quality of care, research.
Reference: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G6 Nurse Qualification Standard.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive! education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Physical Requirements:
The position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing. Transferring Veterans and objects may be required. Staff may be required to don protective equipment in isolation situations or opera! tive/invasive procedures. RN is responsible for the reprocessing of reu! sable medical equipment, according to the medical center policies. They are required to used available safe patient handling lifting devices in all clinical areas. They may also be exposed to Veterans who are combative, secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) and/or documentation related to your active duty service which shows dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), or dates of impending separation.
Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veterans Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. For more information, please review the information for disabled Veterans in the! application checklist or visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx .
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Your application, résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
BENEFITS:
Working for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, thrift savings plan, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. In addition to traditional "dollars and cents" benefits, we offer a range of benefits to help balance work and life. For more information please visit us at http://www.vacareers.va.gov/why-choose-va/index.asp . OTHER INFORMATION:
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competi! tive status.
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This position starts available on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:40:43 GMT
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