Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care

Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care - COVID-19 COVID-19 Response Tucson - Southern Arizona VA System

Tucson VAMC The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) located in Tucson AZ serves over 171,000 Veterans located in eight counties in Southern Arizona and one county in Western New Mexico. SAVAHCS is a 295-bed hospital providing primary care and sub-specialty health care in numerous medical areas for eligible Veterans. SAVAHCS also provides our Veterans with quality care at our seven Community Based Outpatient Clinics located at Safford, Casa Grande, Sierra Vista, Yuma, Green Valley, Northwest and Southeast Tucson.

Facility Facts and Specifics The VA Medical Center located at Tucson Arizona is the "Flagship" for the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), which serves over 170,000 veterans located in eight counties in Southern Arizona and one county in Western New Mexico. This 295-bed hospital provides training, primary care and sub-specialty health care in numerous medical areas for eligible Veterans. SAVAHCS has been serving America's heroes our Veterans since its dedication on October 13, 1928. SAVAHCS has affiliations with over 67 academic institutions and plays a vital role in Arizona health care education as the principle affiliate with the University of Arizona's Colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Each year over 900 physicians, nurses and other health care professionals from educational institutions across the country receive training at SAVAHCS. Virtually all SAVAHCS staff physicians hold faculty appointments at the University Of Arizona College Of Medicine. University of Arizona College of Nursing students consistently rate SAVAHCS as their best teaching experience. SAVAHCS has specialized and numerous unique treatment programs to better serve its patients such as: The South Western Blind Rehabilitation Center, The Community Living Center, which provides specialty care as Rehabilitation, Geropsychiatric, Interim, Long Term, Hospice/Palliative, and Respite Care. SAVAHCS employs over 2,500 health care professionals and support staff. SAVAHCS' economic importance to the community was recently recognized by the Arizona Daily Star as one of the 16th largest employers in Southern Arizona. Last year SAVAHCS treated over 8,700 inpatients, performed over 5,100 surgeries and completed an excess of 680,000 outpatient visits.

Responsibilities

Serves as stabilizing reference/facilitator for the rotating medical team (emphasis on facilitating monthly orientation and standardization) • Performs health assessments utilizing physical and diagnostic tools (special emphasis on bedside ultrasound) • Establishes diagnoses and treatment plans that include health education, prescribed pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment following standard of care (special emphasis on mobility and prevention) • Consults and collaborates with specialty and primary care services as needed • Serves as leader for rapid response and sepsis teams • Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests as needed • Facilitates staff, patient and family education and provides educational resources related to all aspects of sepsis care, early clinical decoration and end of life care • Serves as a resource and advocate for the protection of patient/family rights • Consults specialties and subspecialties as needed • Implements an educational plan to meet changing program or service needs for self and others • Prescribes medication as appropriate • Contributes to data collection and uses ICU data to monitor outcomes and quality of care • Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities as described in sepsis standard of care and care bundles (special emphasis on dynamic fluid volume assessments). • Monitors the effectives of sepsis interventions and location of care delivery based on patient severity. Assists in determining appropriate level of care including transferring to higher level of care • Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide high quality sepsis care: including ED, general ward, spinal cord and other areas of the hospital

Qualifications:

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification - certified by ANCC
• At least two years' experience in an acute care environment
• Licensed in any State or U.S. Territory
• Current BLS, ACLS certification