Responsibilities

Title: Registered (Specialty) Nurses
Start Date: 07/08/2024
End Date: 07/07/2025
# of Openings: 4
Position Type: Contract
Locations: Decatur, GA
Additional Details:

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requires contingent staff to augment Full Time Employee Equivalent (FTEE) clinical staff to the Atlanta VA Health Care System (AVAHCS) Nursing/Patient Care Services Department in support of all inpatient, outpatient, critical, acute care areas, to include COVID19 units.
Refusal to work with COVID 19 positive patients or Patients Under Investigation, (PUIs), may result in removal from the assignment and or contract.

SERVICES REQUIRED:

Operating Room RN

Intensive Care Unit RN

Cardiac Catheterization Lab/Electrophysiology RN

GI Lab Nurses RN

Operating Room RN

Interventional Procedure RN

Post Anesthesia Care RN

Education requirements:

Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

State Licensure:

The minimum requirement for all registered nurses shall include a current unrestricted registered nurse license from any state (United States). Certification: Not required, BLS: Required (American Heart Association), Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Required (American Heart Association).

Requirements

Place Of Performance: Atlanta VA
Submittal due date: 07/22/2024

Candidate CV/ Resumes – Required 4 Registered (Specialty) Nurse
o    Including experience and associated credentials. Candidates with prior VA experience and previously performed services at the Atlanta VA Healthcare System will be rated more favorably. 
o    Signed Letters of Commitment
o    Proof of Licensure
o    Provide anticipated hire dates of candidates 

Focus RN specialty for Emergency Department and Operating Room.

Please refer to the attached word document for more details.

Professional Skills

Minimum Qualification/ Experience:
The minimum requirement for all registered nurses assigned to an OR/PACU shall include a current unrestricted
registered nurse license from any state (United States) and a current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)/Basic Life
Support (BLS) certificate accredited by the American Heart Association.
 Additional requirements for all registered nurses assigned to the OR/PACU include current Advanced
Cardiopulmonary Life Support Course (ACLS) certificate accredited by the American Heart Association.
 Agency nurses are preferred to have a current Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) certificate accredited by the
Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI).
 Prevents infection by utilization of universal precautions, correct hand washing techniques between procedures and/or
patients, maintains aseptic techniques, and maintains isolation techniques. Maintains good body mechanics to
prevent injury to self, patients, and staff. Uses safety protective devices for self and patient. Checks all emergency
supplies and equipment per unit routine.
 Demonstrates positive effective interpersonal skills.
Mechanical equipment in the operating room: Electro-Surgical unit, fracture table, suction (wall outlet portable), and nerve
Stimulator.

Circulating Nurse’s specific duties. All nurses in the operating room must be certified to perform the following
routine scrub nurse duties and procedures on all patients:
 Demonstrates proper aseptic technique
 Operates mechanics of or table
 Operates mechanics of or lights
 Assists anesthesiologist
 Positions patients properly
 Opening room
 Conducts sponge count
 Completes work sheet
Scrub Nurse specific duties. All nurses in the operating room must also be certified to perform the following
routine scrub nurse duties and procedures on all patients:
 Demonstrates proper aseptic technique
 Minor surgery
 Rectal surgery
 Abdominal surgery
 GU surgery
 Eye surgery
 Orthopedic surgery
 ENT surgery
 Bronchoscopy procedure
 Vascular surgery
 Neurosurgery
 Chest surgery
May be required to work with COVID 19 positive patients and Patients Under Investigation (PUI), for COVID 19
Emergency Department RN
Emergency Department Nurses will provide prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill and injured
veterans. Duties include documenting observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition; collaborating with
health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes; providing a full range of nursing care to patients with a
variety of physical and/or behavioral problems; and accountable for meeting and maintaining the qualification standards.
The Nurse functions both dependently and independently with guidance and direction from the Nurse Manager/designee.
Nurses must have active, current license as a professional nurse in any state (United States.)
 Contractor nurses may be utilized as needed in specialty units including the Emergency Department.
 All registered nurses shall have at least three (3) years recent prior experience in an emergency department or major
trauma center emergency room with no more than a six-month gap working in that setting.
Education requirements:
Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one
of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission
for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Bachelor’s Degree in
Nursing or in related field or a Master’s Degree in Nursing or in related field is highly preferred.
 Agency nurses assigned to the Emergency Department can expect to work ten (10) or twelve (12) hours shifts or a
combination with rotating weekends and holidays.
 The minimum requirement for all registered nurses assigned to the Emergency Department shall include a current
unrestricted registered nurse license from any state (United States), a current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR)/Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate accredited by the American Heart Association and a current Advanced
Cardiopulmonary Life Support Course (ACLS) certificate accredited by the American Heart Association.
 Agency nurses are preferred to have the Certification of Emergency Nursing (CEN) through the Board of Certifications
for Emergency Nurses (BCEN). Nurses with Acute/Critical Care Nursing (CCRN) certifications through the American
Association of Critical Care Nurses Certification Corporation (AACN) with ED experience will also be considered.
current and (must have worked within the last six months)
 Assuming a patient care assignment for a group of patients (1:4/1:5 patient load)
 Assessment and care of patients with a wide range of physical and psychological diagnoses and with wide range of
treatment modalities
 Care of patients undergoing operative/invasive procedures

 Care of patients requiring special precautions such as isolation
 Inserting and maintenance of peripheral lines
 Maintaining central lines for administration of intravenous fluid
 Providing emergency care as indicated
 Administration of medications (oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular and intravenously) and blood products
 Complete and accurate documentation of care, in a timely manner, according to facility/unit policies
 Phlebotomy and bedside testing
 Psychological support of patients as indicated
 On-Call status may be required at the discretion of the Nurse Manager
 Insertion and troubleshooting of Urinary catheters
 Collaborates with physicians, residents, and ancillary staff in providing care to patients
 Initiates patient education, as prescribed by physician during discharge
 Display and promote professionalism and excellent customer service during interactions with patients and their
families/caregivers
May be required to work with COVID 19 positive patients and Patients Under Investigation (PUI), for COVID 19