Registered Nurse-Same Day Surgical Unit

Arise Staffing is currently seeking a full-time Registered Nurse- Same Day Surgical Unit in support of the Ambulatory Surgical Center at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA (NMCP)

Company Description:

Arise Staffing is a company that provides experienced and committed health care personnel and related services to the federal government and private industry. For more information, please visit their website at https://arisestaff.com/

W-2 Option:

Medical/Dental/Vision Coverage

Long/Short Term Disability/Life Insurance

Paid Federal Holidays, Paid Sick and Paid Vacation time

License/Certification Reimbursement

401K

Work Schedule:

Three Shifts: Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM; 10:00 AM-6:30 PM; and 12:00 PM-8:30 PM, not to exceed 80 hours every two-week period. 

Includes a 30 Minute Lunch Break 

Job Duties, the duties include but are not limited to the following: 

• Provide highly specialized and comprehensive nursing care to a wide variety of patients in the preoperative phase, the immediate post anesthesia period, through the extended post anesthesia period, to discharge. Provide comprehensive preoperative education, initiate nursing data base, identify problems, initiate appropriate consults, and coordinate preoperative arrival time using the operative schedule.
• Provide Phase II care as a recovery nurse for surgical procedures performed in the Directorate of Surgical Services (DSS).
• Provide nursing care for conscious sedation patients of all ages with medical and/or surgical problems as applicable in the ambulatory setting.
• If required by NMCP, be trained and become certified in the administration of moderate intravenous (IV) conscious sedation via the NMCP moderate intravenous sedation class. The certification includes a four (4) hour lecture and the completion of three (3) moderate IV conscious sedation procedures while under the observation of another certified RN and under the direct supervision of a physician. Sedation training will be provided during normal working hours.
• Demonstrate continual assessment of patients for potential of life-threatening crisis during these procedures.
• Attend and/or comply with all annual training classes required by the Command, to include but not limited to online annual training provided by the MTF: disaster training, infection control, Sexual Harassment, Bloodborne Pathogens, Fire and Safety, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE), and all other required training. 
• Operate and manipulate automated systems such as, Essentris, MHS Genesis and Clinical Information System (CIS), participate in clinical staff Performance Improvement (PI) and Risk Management (RM) functions, as prescribed by the Commander. Maintain DOD email account as directed. The HCW shall be responsive to all email and voicemail communications. 

 Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree: Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
• Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). As an alternative to the education requirements in the basic contract, the HCW may be a graduate of a state accredited professional nursing program OR a program accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Licensure: Current, Full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse. Possess and maintain a current unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse in anyone (1) of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Experience: Possess a minimum of one (1) year of experience as an RN working in an ambulatory surgery center/SDSU, performing phase II care to patients within the last two (2) years.
• Certification: Possess and Maintain AHA or ARC: Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) 
• Security: Must be able to obtain and maintain a government background check and security clearance.