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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Fairfield, CA
Salary: $74,688.00 - $117,205.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (916)843-7369

JOB SUMMARY:

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Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 744636

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.

 

How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Operating Room (OR) staff nurse is a Registered Nurse (RN) who is responsible for nursing care in the neurosurgical OR suite.  Position is at Travis Air Force Base as part of a joint venture between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a Neurosurgery program for VA and DoD beneficiaries. The OR Staff Nurse is responsible for a full range of duties, utilizing the nursing process, in the operating room to include but not limited to circulating duties and full spectrum management of the surgical portion of the neurosurgery practice. The OR staff RN will be responsible for maintenance of room and field sterility during the OR case, for proper preparation and assembly of surgical specialty instrument trays, and for maintenance of preference cards. The OR staff RN will be primary RN for all neurosurgery cases and will additionally circulate for other OR cases.

 

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The incumbent is a graduate from a NLN accredited School of Nursing and maintains unrestricted licensure by a State Board of Nursing as a Registered Nurse.  A Bachelors degree in Nursing is preferred.  One (1) year of recent operating room experience required.  BLS and ACLS certification is mandatory.  Specialty certification (CNOR) is desirable.  

 

As a VA professional nurse, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities 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 services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries.

 

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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U.S. Citizenship

Full unrestricted Licensure, Certification, or Registration required.

Must pass pre-employment examination.

Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.

Background and/or Security Investigation required.

English Language Proficiency required.