Perianesthesia Registered Nurse

Summary

The Perianesthesia Registered Nurse (RN) provides pre‑operative/procedural care, including nursing assessment of patients, consent, H&P validations, intravenous fluid initiation, peripheral nerve block assistance, pre‑operative testing completion, surgical site marking, and medication administration as ordered.

• Provides pre‑operative/procedural care, including nursing assessment of patients, consent, and H&P validations, the starting of intravenous fluids including venipuncture, assisting with peripheral nerve blocks, assuring all lab work and other pre‑operative/procedural testing is completed and communicated to team members, confirms surgical sites are prepared and marked, and the administration of medications as ordered.
• Provides clear and concise preoperative teaching and reviews discharge instructions to patients and families with written and verbal communication.
• Assesses and prepares patients for procedures appropriately.
• Performs clinical assessment of the patient and readily recognizes contraindication for anesthesia and/or surgical intervention.
• 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 Directive 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.
• Provides specialized care in the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of care throughout the peri anesthesia continuum to include the Pre anesthesia Phase, Post anesthesia Phase I, Post anesthesia Phase II, and extended care from sedation/analgesia and/or anesthesia for surgical, diagnostic, or therapeutic procedures.
• Possesses knowledge related to the physiology associated with various anesthesia techniques and surgical interventions.
• Applies the appropriate post sedation scoring and assesses the patient's postoperative status to include cardiovascular and respiratory systems and airway management needs, neurological system, hemodynamic stability, pain and comfort needs and mental status, implementing appropriate interventions to maintain or return all physiological system to baseline or above.
• Maintains knowledge of current American Society of Peri anesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) standards, VHA Directive, 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. Will be required to perform on‑call duties.

• Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards.
• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long‑term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory.
• Work Schedule: Variable work schedule, Monday‑Friday, 9am‑ 5:30pm MST.
• Compressed/Flexible: Subject to supervisor discretion.
• Telework: Not Available.
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not Authorized.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

• 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…