Advanced Practice Nurse - Cardiothoracic Surgery

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Seattle (WA); In loco; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Paid Time Off

Federal pension

Health/vision/dental insurance

401K with up to 5% contribution

Descrizione del lavoro

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) in Surgery Service delivers direct patient care, order writing, documentation, and perioperative management to support the VA mission. The role emphasizes quality, timeliness, and interprofessional collaboration.

Responsibilities include leading daily rounds, incident planning, education for patients and families, and serving as a clinical preceptor for APN trainees.

Mansioni

• Provide direct patient care including order writing, documentation, admitting and discharging.
• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Order and interpret laboratories, tests, and diagnostic studies.
• Independently manage a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions.
• Serve as clinical preceptor for APN trainees and students.

Descrizione del lavoro

Summary

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) practices in Surgery Service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission.

Duties

• Duties include but are not limited to: Provide direct patient care - including order writing - documentation - admitting - discharging - and performing indicated procedures
• Assist with administrative tasks to improve overall team functioning
• Organize and direct daily work rounds
• Ensure cardiothoracic post-operative pathway checklist elements and plans of the day are addressed during daily rounds
• Provide patient cross-coverage to facilitate House staff attendance at educational conferences
• Serve as clinical preceptor for APN trainees and students in affiliation with area universities
• Independently manage a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice
• Develop and implement individualized plans to achieve optimal population health and disease management
• Demonstrate leadership and work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team
• Order and interpret laboratories - tests - and diagnostic studies
• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
• Initiate referrals and consults to specialty services as indicated
• Provide education to patients and their families
• Assess and adjust plans of care to achieve optimal outcomes
• Exemplify ICARE core values-Integrity - Commitment - Advocacy - Respect - and Excellence
• 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: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized