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Job Details Job Location 0250--1660 S COLUMBIAN WY SEATTLE WA 98108 (h) - SEATTLE, WA Position Type Full Time   Responsibilities A-Team Solutions LLC is seeking a Registered Nurse - Medical/Surgical for full time contract position at the VA hospital in Seattle, WA. Duties and Responsibilities: Provides comprehensive nursing care within the professional scope of practice for a variety of diagnoses for critical care patients * Conducts initial assessment on patients, develop nursing care plans based on identified patient needs, coordinate with ancillary services to assure provision of care, document all plans, assessments, and care provided. Provide patient and family education through hospitalization. Initiate discharge planning. * Administer oxygen, IV fluids, blood transfusions, prescribed medications and titrate medications in accordance with VA policy * Observe and assess patients' clinical condition, recognize and promptly report significant changes indicative of complications * Initiate resuscitative measures in emergency situations * Operate and monitor specialized equipment including, but not limited to: oxygen, hypothermia units, and various types of suction apparatus, infusion equipment, and patient-controlled analgesia pumps (PCA), epidural pumps, sequential compression devices and vital sign monitors. * Make nursing care assignments for various skill levels of professional and assistive personnel as assigned * Prepare patients for surgical and diagnostic procedures and assist with procedures as necessary. Provide post-procedure and post-operative recovery care. * Ensure that all JHACO standards for professional nursing care are met during performance of care * Complete appropriate medical record forms in compliance with VA guidelines and policies on each patient * Verify the content and correctness of all recorded entries in patient record. All documentation/records/reports must meet or exceed established VA standards to include, but not limited to: timeliness, legibility, accuracy, content, and signature. The outpatient record shall be completed the same day the patient is seen * Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural diversity, race, gender, and other individual differences in the workforce, in the Veteran population, and in the Community Other duties as assigned. Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, FSA Requirements Requirements: All registered nurses shall have at least two (2) years current experience in an acute care, medical/surgical unit in an urban, academic Medical Center setting exclusive of agency assignments and must have worked within the last six (6) months in the above settings 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. The minimum requirement for all registered nurses assigned to a Medical-Surgical unit shall include a current unrestricted registered nurse license from the state of Washington (United States) and a current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)/Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate accredited by the American Heart Association Must be authorized to work in U.S. For more information about the position, please contact Lara Gullett at 606-356-3960 or lgullett@a-teamsolutions.com For more information about A-Team Solutions LLC