Advanced Practice Nurse - Cardiology

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; West Haven (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, is recruiting an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) or a similarly titled role to function in the Cardiology Clinic. The position is full-time (40 hours per week) with a standard day schedule and responsibilities spanning inpatient and outpatient care, health promotion, and patient education.

The role requires collaboration with supervising physicians, performance of histories and physicals for new patients, ordering

Qualifications

• NOTE: This recruitment will result in hiring of one of the following disciplines: Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
• APRN will function in the Cardiology Clinic delivering care and counseling based on nursing process

Responsibilities

• Assist supervising physician in evaluation and management of inpatients and clinic patients; perform histories and physical examinations for new outpatients and inpatients
• Provide ongoing inpatient and outpatient care for assigned patients
• Screen outpatients to determine need for further health care and/or admission
• Order diagnostic studies (labs, imaging, ECG/CT/MRI) as needed for patient care
• Review diagnostic test results and implement appropriate treatment
• Educate patients and families on preventive care, medical conditions, and prescribed treatments
• Carry out health promotion and disease prevention activities
• Assist triage and administrative duties; initiate and expedite consultations and scheduling of tests
• May participate in committee work and research; not virtual; Federal employment details outlined

Job description

Summary

This Advanced Practice Nurse position is located in Nursing Specialty Care Cardiology unit at the West Haven location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

Duties

• NOTE: This recruitment will result in the hiring of one of the following disciplines: Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
• 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 date 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
• 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.