Advanced Practice Nurse - Cardiothoracic Nurse Practitioner

Cardiothoracic Surgery Nurse Practitioner

The Cardiothoracic Surgery Nurse Practitioner (CTSNP) is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification who provides evidence-based care for a population of patients undergoing heart and lung surgery, providing care from pre-operative consultation through post-operative management and recovery. The role includes both clinical and surgical assistance such as diagnosing conditions, performing procedures, assisting in the operating room and managing patients in intensive care unit.

Major duties include:

• Advance assessment and diagnosis - conducting thorough patient evaluations, interpreting complex clinical data and making diagnoses for critically ill patients.
• Therapeutic interventions: initiating and managing complex treatments like ventilator management, hemodynamic monitoring, vasopressor administration, and advance life support measures.
• Medication management:
  Prescribing and adjusting medication based on critical care needs, including high-risk medication and infusions.
• Diagnostic test ordering and interpretation:
  Ordering and interpreting advanced diagnostic tests like arterial blood gases, central venous pressure monitoring, intracranial pressure monitoring, and advance imaging studies.
• Collaboration with other healthcare professionals:
  Consulting with specialists like pulmonologist, cardiologist, surgeons, anesthesia, neurologists, nephrologists to optimize patient care.
• Patient and family education:
  Providing comprehensive information and support to critically ill patients and their families regarding complex medical conditions and treatment options.
• Complex procedures:
  Performs procedures independently, within scope of practice.

Nurse Practitioners are clinicians with advanced training who provide primary, acute, and specialty health care services and deliver care under a set of privileges, based upon education, training, and certification. 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 through Friday, rotation may vary

Telework:
Not available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not authorized.