Advanced Practice Nurse - Cardiothoracic Surgery

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 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

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.