Registered Nurse; RN - Ambulatory Surgery - Operating Room

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - Ambulatory Surgery - Operating Room
There is full-time Ambulatory Surgery - Operating Room RN position open at the Green Bay VA Clinic. This is open to Internal employees of the Milwaukee VA and CBOCs.

Preoperative Phase

* Patient Assessment:
Review medical history, allergies, lab results, and consent forms.

* Education:

Explain the procedure, anesthesia, and postoperative expectations to the patient and family. Answer patient/family questions. Consult with anesthesia/provider team to ensure patient and family learning.

* Preparation:
Ensure the patient is properly prepped (skin cleansing, positioning, marking surgical site).

* Verification:
Participate in the surgical safety checklist (time-out procedure).

Intraoperative Phase

* Scrub Nurse Duties:
Prepare and maintain the sterile field, handle instruments, and assist the provider.

* Circulating Nurse Duties:
Manage the OR environment, retrieve supplies, document the procedure, and advocate for the patient.

* Safety Monitoring:
Ensure aseptic technique, count instruments/sponges, and monitor patient positioning to prevent injury.

Postoperative Phase

* Immediate Recovery:
Transfer patient to PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit), monitor vital signs, airway, and pain.

* Documentation:
Record intraoperative events, medications, and patient status.

* Communication:
Provide handoff report to PACU nurses and update family members.

Preferred Experience:

* 1-2 years of Perioperative experience preferred

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay:
Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off:
Up to 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:

Days, M-F ; tours may be flexed dependent on patient care needs)

Telework:
Not available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not authorized