Advanced Practice Nurse - Cardiology

Job Title

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Job Description

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse will function in the Cardiology Clinic and provide care and counseling of persons or in the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention of illness and injury based upon the nursing process which includes systematic data gathering, assessment, appropriate nursing judgement, and evaluation of human responses to actual or potential health problems. Responsibilities include; but are not limited to:

• Assisting the supervising Physician (or agent) in evaluation and management of inpatients and clinic patients;
• Performing initial histories and physical examinations on new outpatients and inpatients;
• Providing ongoing inpatient and outpatient care for assigned patients;
• Screening outpatients to determine need for further health care and/or admission;
• Ordering diagnostic studies such as laboratory tests, x-rays, electrocardiograms, CT, MRI scans, and any other necessary studies for the care of patients;
• Reviewing diagnostic test results and implementing appropriate treatment;
• Providing education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, and use of prescribed treatments and drugs;
• Carrying out health promotion and disease prevention activities;
• Consult triage and administrative duties assigned;
• Initiating and expediting requests for consultations and scheduling special tests and studies;
• Committee membership and involvement in research studies may be required.

Benefits

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and 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)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Full-Time, 08:00am - 4:30pm

Telework: Ad-hoc, as determined by agency policy.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.

Notifications

• The Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner position is not an AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is in the Excepted Service.
• The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.

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