This Registered Nurse - PACU position is within the Nursing service at the West Roxbury location. Occasional travel to Jamaica Plain campus may be required. This is a full-time position at 40 hours per week.
Five bed post anesthesia care unit (PACU). Incumbent works under the direction of the Nurse Manager. The PACU nurse is responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of perceived, actual or potential physical or psychosocial problems that may result from the intrusion of anesthetic agents and techniques.
The PACU nurse takes care of a wide variety of patients including but not limited to the following types of surgeries and special procedures including general, orthopedic, ENT, vascular, urology, Gyn, podiatry, plastics, cardiac, thoracic and neurosurgery. Nurses in the PACU work with hemodynamic monitors, and intravenous lines. PACU staff also assist the Acute Pain Service with epidurals, nerve blocks & other procedures related to treatment of pain.
Works with invasive lines and ventilators; are responsible for titrating vasoactive meds and ensuring that patients are hemodynamically stable and free from respiratory complications, meeting VA-PAS phase 1 prior to discharge. They also ensure that surgical and/or procedural complications are managed and addressed.
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: Monday - Friday, no weekends/holidays Compressed/Flexible: Authorized; either four 10's (12p-10:30p) or six 12s and one 8hr shift (10a-10:30p and 2p-10:30p) Telework: Not authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Notifications: Current or former employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is in the Excepted Service.
Veterans preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. 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.
For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp. - If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.
- If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $90747 – $192945/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-02.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-22 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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