Advanced Practice Nurse -Psychiatry(EDRP)

Advanced Practice Nurse (APN)

The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System (ICVAHCS) consists of a comprehensive Tertiary Care Level I VA Health Care System; eleven VA Clinics and two Homeless Veterans Outreach Centers and has an affiliate agreement with the top ranked University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards.

This announcement will be posted as a Physician, Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner for one position. Please apply to the appropriate announcement for consideration.

The Iowa City VA Health Care System is on the lookout for a passionate Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) to become a key member of our Psychiatry team in Quincy, IL. If you're ready to make a meaningful difference in veterans' lives and advance your career in a dynamic, supportive environment, we want to hear from you! Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice.
• Conduct comprehensive medical evaluations of medical and surgical inpatients in collaboration with multidisciplinary medical service lines.
• Obtain an appropriate health history and physical examination on patients who present to the Outpatient Psychiatry, Inpatient Psychiatry, Urgent Care, Inpatient Medical units and other assigned clinical areas as appropriate.
• Interpret the history and clinical findings, order laboratory tests, radiographic studies, ancillary tests and requested consultations within the context of the psychiatric illness; as well as perform additional evaluations of the patient to secure a comprehensive differential diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Provides education to patients and their families.
• Maintain appropriate and timely documentation in the medical record of clinical services performed to include the completion of clinical reminders and alerts.
• Additional Clinical duties as delegated.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:30am - 4:00 pm

US Department of Veterans Affairs