Advanced Practice Nurse Nurse; APN - Nurse Practitioner; NP - Cardiology

Summary

The Advanced Practice Nurse Nurse(APN) - Nurse Practitioner(NP) - Cardiology position is with the VA South Texas Health Care System with a duty location at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital - 7400 Merton Minter Blvd. in San Antonio - TX.

• Independently manages a panel of cardiology patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice
• Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management
• Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team
• Orders and interprets labs - tests - and diagnostic studies
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
• Initiates eferrals and consults to specialty services
• Provides education to patients and their families
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity - Commitment - Advocacy - Respect - and Excellence Patient care - systematic evaluation of clinical practice - program development - consultation - interdisciplinary collaboration and problem resolution across service and disciple lines
• Provides preventive health medicine - chronic disease management and episodic acute medical care
• Prepares treatment plans
• Performs histories and physicals - education and counseling of patients with Cardiac diseases and treatments - formulation of diagnosis - ordering and providing preliminary interpretation of lab studies
• Develops - implements and evaluates the clinic collaborative practice agreement within this specific clinic area
• Conducts health assessments of patients/families with real or potential - acute and/or chronic health problems
• Initiates referrals to specialty services and fosters continuity of care
• Initiates selected therapeutic and diagnostic procedures - consultation - and laboratory examinations
• Prescribes and revises medical regimes
• Interprets findings and plans of care according to collaborative practice agreements and protocols within designated areas
• Provides patient/family education and counseling in the areas of health promotion - maintenance and disease prevention
• Participates in team meetings and conferences to enhance an interdisciplinary approach to primary health care delivery and serves on departmental and multidisciplinary committees - which influence or determine policies affecting nursing practice
• Serves as a liaison between patient and community - and acts as health care advocate
• Identifies quality improvement issues and develops unit-based quality improvement programs - as well as standards of care and practice
• Participates in approved medical and nursing research studies
• Maintains a current level of knowledge relevant to professional practice
• Acts as a resource to staff and implements educational programs
• Participates in the evaluation of the cost effectiveness of services provided
• Maintains accurate and confidential medical records
• Records physical findings and formulates plan - based on patients condition
• Consults and collaborates with physician and other healthcare providers as needed regarding patient care management issues and in the development of comprehensive patient care plan
• Analyses new knowledge gained from conferences - workshops - professional literature - or hands on training and assimilates this knowledge into clinical practice
• Identifies clinical quality indicators for Cardiology populations
• Conducts systematic reviews when required
• Sets and develops standards of practice - policies - and procedures for the Cardiology specialty population that are consistent with professional standards of practice
• Implements methods & processes to sustain changes in nursing practice - programs of care - and clinical innovation
• Facilities evaluation of records by physicians - peers - and quality standards - according to protocols and receives and implements constructive directives
• Performs Acute Care and referral to in-patient status from Cardiology Clinic if necessary
• Reviews Cardiology Consults and E-Consults as needed
• Other duties are performed as directed by the Chief of Cardiology
• 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 -  Telework:
  Not Available Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report:
  Not…