Join UVA Health's PeriOperative Units
Ready to advance your nursing career in a world-class healthcare institution? UVA Health, a Magnet Recognized academic medical center, invites you to explore opportunities within our PeriOperative Units.
The Weekend Program offers a weekend only shift schedule with enhanced compensation. The Weekend Program is a 12 month commitment to work 48 scheduled weekends in a 12 month period beginning with first shift worked. Travel allowance is available for eligible employees travelling greater than 75 miles one way.
**About UVA Health:**
- Recognized as a top hospital by U.S. News & World Report
- Designated level 1 trauma center and National Cancer Institute cancer center
- Comprehensive network including 3 community hospitals and specialty care clinics
- Commitment to excellence in patient care, research, and innovation
**PeriOperative Units:**
- Peri-Anesthesia Main Pre Op
- Peri-Anesthesia Main Post Op
- Peri-Anesthesia Main Pediatrics Pre/Post op
- Peri-Anesthesia Main Extended Stay (23hr observation)
**Join Our Team:**
- Experienced RNs sought to join our interdisciplinary team
- Work within our 600+ bed Academic University Medical Center
- Collaborate with nationally recognized physicians, nurses, surgeons, and specialists
- Magnet®-recognized RN team within our state-of-the-art surgical facilities
**Benefits:**
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance available for eligible candidates
- Certification and education support after 6 months employment
- Generous paid time off, retirement savings plans, and flexible spending accounts
- Clinical career ladder for professional growth and promotion
- Charge RN roles for leadership development
- Nursing Professional Governance Organization (NPGO) supports shared governance
**Contact:**
For questions, contact Health System Talent Recruiter, Ashlyn Trant, at hyf5sf@virginia.edu.
**Learn More:**
For more information and to apply, visit:
- [UVA Health Jobs](https://jobs.virginia.edu/)
- [UVA Health Benefits](https://hr.virginia.edu/benefits)
- [UVA Nursing Professional Governance Organization](https://uvanpgo.org/)
**Join UVA Health and make a difference in healthcare excellence!**Capable clinician, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care, as part of the interdisciplinary team, to a variety of complex patients. Manages care and implements treatment plans at a refined skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians and other members of the health care team. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning leadership role but seeks mentoring in this process.
ANA Scope and Standards of Practice definition of nursing:
Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities and populations.
This job description integrates the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model.
- Relationship Based Care - Self and Colleagues: reflects the influence of the nurse’s relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.
- Relationship Based Care - Patients and Families: reflects the influence of the nurse’s relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.
- Expert Caring: encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care.
- Empowered Leaders: demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance.
- Lifelong Learners: encompasses professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities and recognizes the value of external professional organizations. Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable.
- Quality Achievement: includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work.
- Innovation: is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.
- In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.
Position Compensation Range: $39.90 - $53.00 Hourly
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing program required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.
Experience: 1 year of relevant experience.
Licensure: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently traveling, bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 20 - 50lbs. May be exposed to chemicals, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Click here to read more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.
