Registered Nurse- Operation Room Staff

This Nurse position focuses on delivering comprehensive patient care. We are seeking qualified professionals committed to high standards of practice.

• *Essential Qualifications:**
• **English Language Proficiency:** Required for all direct patient care roles.
• **Education:**

* Graduation from a professional nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE. * **or** Completion of coursework equivalent to a Bachelor's in Nursing within a Master's level bridge program (temporary appointment possible until full licensure/graduation). * **or** For foreign nursing school graduates, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted U.S. RN license. Formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized evaluator (e.g., ICD) is required for degrees higher than associate/entry level.

• **Licensure:** Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a professional nurse in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth (e.g., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia.
• **Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception:** Candidates meeting education but lacking licensure may be appointed on a temporary basis (up to 120 days, extendable to 2 years) while actively pursuing licensure.
• *Grade Determinations (Nurse I, II, III):**
• Grade and level assignments are based on Scope, Education, and Dimension criteria (Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development, Evidence-Based Practice/Research).
• Detailed requirements for each level are available through the provided online assessment link.
• *Preferred Experience:**
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with three years of Operating Room experience as a Scrub and Circulating Nurse.
• *Physical Requirements:**
• Visual acuity, keen hearing, clear speech, and manual dexterity.
• Ability to perform potentially long periods of walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing.
• May require transferring patients and objects (mechanical lifts provided).
• Potential exposure to infected patients and contaminated materials; ability to don protective clothing in isolation, operative/invasive procedures, or home settings.
• Occasional exposure to combative patients.
• Completion of annual Employee Health requirements.
• May require driving/riding in GSA-vehicles for care in home or off-site settings.