Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Cardiology

Veterans Health Administration • Huntington, WV

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) - Cardiology functions as a provider, overseeing care for patients in Cardiology Clinics and inpatient settings, including Interventional and EP Cardiology clinics. The role includes assessing patients’ medical problems, defining medical management, determining the need for consultation from medical, surgical, or psychiatric subspecialty clinics, and evaluating outcomes. The APN practices in the Cardiology Section of the Medicine Service, delivering care that emphasizes quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs mission.

The APN independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention through evidence-based practice. The role develops and implements individualized plans for optimal population health and disease management, collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies, prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, initiates specialty referrals and consults, and educates patients and families.

This is a full-time position with a work schedule of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telework is unavailable, and the position is not virtual. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized. The position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

Requirements

• Post-master’s certificate, master’s degree, or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Graduate of an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing; qualifying accrediting bodies include ACEN and CCNE. Foreign nursing education must have nurse practitioner degree equivalency validated through an agency-recognized evaluator.
• Maintain an active, current, full, and unrestricted APN license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Maintain current, full basic board certification as an FNP, ANP, AGPCNP, ACNP, AGACNP, or GNP through ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body in the area of academic preparation.
• For Nurse Practitioner III qualification: meet the basic education requirement and have one year of specialized APN (NP) experience equivalent to Nurse II.
• Meet the applicable clinical practice, outcome focus, leadership, professional development, and professionalism/collegiality dimensions for the grade level.
• U.S. citizenship is required, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified U.S. citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English is required for direct patient care.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service.
• Pass applicable pre-employment drug screening and physical evaluation; a background/security investigation is required.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program; annual TB screening or testing may be required.
• Complete the online onboarding process and all application requirements, and provide acceptable identification.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience in Interventional Cardiology.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention through evidence-based practice.
• Develop and implement individualized plans to achieve optimal population health and disease management.
• Demonstrate leadership and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.
• Order and interpret laboratory work, tests, and diagnostic studies.
• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Initiate referrals and consultations to specialty services.
• Educate patients and their families.
• Assess patients’ medical problems, determine medical management, identify the need for subspecialty consultation, and evaluate outcomes.
• Perform other duties related to the occupation as assigned to meet agency, department, facility, or service needs.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year: 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting.
• Federal 401(k) with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level