The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient centered care in the OR and other areas of operative services. As an RN assigned to the operating room, the nurse is primarily responsible for applying the nursing process to the care of Veteran patients undergoing surgical procedures in the operating room.
The Operating Room RN Circulates and/or performs the surgical scrub technician role for major and minor cases efficiently and effectively follows established standards. Registered Nurse is self-motivated in the pursuit of meeting professional work functions and standards.
Duties listed below but not limited to: Assures that the health care system's reprocessing of all RME is performed according to the concepts associated with a High Reliability Organization (HRO) and demonstrating and maintaining full competency in the use, pre-cleaning and/or reprocessing of reusable medical equipment.
The employee must ensure that the appropriate Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and manufacturers' instructions are followed for any step in the use of RME (pre-cleaning, reprocessing, disinfection, sterilization, maintenance) in which he/she is involved. Ensuring r actions contribute to a mode of continued accreditation readiness regarding Joint Commission (TJC), Office of Inspector General (OIG), VA surveyors, and other survey teams.
Articulate standards of care and practice, policies, and procedures/SOPs; documentation is complete and timely; has situational awareness of safety and other environment of care issues. Maintains safety and infection control operative standards; strictly protects verbal, written, and electronic patient personal and health information; maintains a professional, healthcare business.
Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care, such as protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources. Delivers safe care to assigned Veteran's while developing technical competencies. Safely and effectively uses patient care equipment and procedures/ interventions.
Correctly and safely performs procedures that protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items, and necessary to ensure that the patient's procedure is performed on the correct site, side, level and laterality. Implements physician's/providers orders in a timely and complete manner. Demonstrates grade-appropriate and consistent critical thinking skills.
The RN can recognize the patient has a problem, can manage the problem safely and effectively, recognizing his/her scope of practice. The RN has a relative sense of urgency and takes the right action for the right reason.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards 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: 7:00am-3:30pm (with call coverage) Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Arletha.Riggsbee@va.gov · 804-388-5774
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $73846 – $150053/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-02.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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