<p>This position is located in Nashville, TN.</p> <p>The Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care. The RN demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients. The Nurse is responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level. Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility, Veterans Integrated Systems Network (VISN), or Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO). Program is defined as a substantial coordinated group of activities impacting patients and/or employees. The Same Day Procedure (SOP) Registered Nurse (RN) provides specialized care in the assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluation of care for a variety of patients to include, but not limited to, adults undergoing outpatient procedures, outpatient infusions of GI lmmunotherapy drugs, transfusion of blood products, and pain procedures.</p> <p>The SOP RN provides pre-procedural care, including, but not limited to, the nursing assessment of patients, Informed Consent and H&P validation, the starting of intravenous fluids including venipuncture, assuring all lab work and other pre-procedural testing is completed and communicated to team members, and the administration of medications as ordered. Provides clear and concise preprocedural teaching and reviews discharge instructions to patients and families with written and verbal communication. The SOP RN provides post-procedural care, including, but not limited to, monitoring for complications from the procedure, monitoring for residual side effects of anesthesia (Phase 2) or sedation medications, providing discharge instructions, and preparing patients for home or admission. The SOP RN provides care for patients receiving Gastrointestinal (GI) Infusions requiring them to complete the ONS Chemotherapy lmmunotherapy Certification course. They provide a safe working environment while administering, handling, and disposing of biologic drugs and medical waste.</p> <p>VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards</p> <p>Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards</p> <p>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)</p> <p>Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA</p> <p>Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)</p> <p>Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory</p> <p>Work Schedule: Based on the needs of service</p> <p>Telework: Not Available</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position.</p> <p>Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p> <p>Pay Scale : N003</p>