Registered Nurse - Implant Coordinator

About the role

The Registered Nurse - Implant Coordinator is located at the Sterile Processing Service - John Cochran Building - of the VA St. Louis Health Care System.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates clinical competence by appropriately evaluating the different types of implants used throughout the medical center to determine the appropriate use, storage, and management of implants.
• Applies the application of knowledge/skills in caring for patients.
• Primarily assigned to planning, administering, and directing nursing care to adult and geriatric patients with advanced medical/surgical needs.
• Responsible to the assigned rating and approving supervisors and is accountable to the Associate Director of Patient Care Services (ADPCS).
• Primary duties include:
• Communicate effectively with healthcare members, vendors, and patients to ensure continuity of care within the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.
• Ensure patient and provider requests are met to enhance customer satisfaction, reflecting an understanding of implants and tissue processes.
• Coordinate all aspects of implant management by working with Supply Chain Management (SCM), Prosthetic and Sensory Aid Service (PSAS), Sterile Processing Service (SPS), the Contracting Officer (CO), and other clinical areas using implants.
• Reconcile implants used with VA-owned inventory and vendor consignment stock or list to ensure adequate stock availability.
• Apply advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting.
• Use nursing expertise to lead improvement, with demonstrated outcomes, beyond the immediate practice setting.
• Communicate as an effective leader of the interprofessional team, at the expert level, with improved evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes.

Requirements

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency, Graduate of a school of professional nursing, Current - full - active - and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse, Possession of a current - full - active - and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency, Graduate of a school of professional nursing, Current - full - active - and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse, Possession of a current - full - active - and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Skills

• Mature - Flexible - Sensible Individual
• Capable of Working Effectively in Stressful Situations
• Able to Shift Priorities Based on Patient Needs

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Regular salary increases
• Potential for performance awards
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting)
• Federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Pay

• Competitive salary

Schedule

• Monday through Friday