Nurse Practitioner (Cardiology)

Veterans Health Administration • Reno, NV

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Cardiology Nurse Practitioner provides specialty care to cardiology patients in outpatient and inpatient settings. The role includes coordinating multidisciplinary care, evaluating patients, arranging diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and supporting patients and families throughout treatment. The Nurse Practitioner serves as a consultant, educator, researcher, and clinical leader, contributing to complex care management, practice guidelines, and quality improvement.

The position provides direct care in outpatient cardiology clinics, including history and physical examinations, treatment planning, follow-up care, and consultation on complex issues in collaboration with attending cardiologists. Duties may also include performing non-nuclear and nuclear tests, supporting the cardiac device clinic and checking device programming, assessing post-implantation sites, and participating in the National Cardiac Device Surveillance Program. The Nurse Practitioner facilitates referrals and clinical research participation and monitors treatment guidelines.

This is a Monday–Friday position, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Ad-hoc telework may be available with supervisor approval; the position is not virtual. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized.

Requirements

• Post-master's certificate, master's degree, or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Graduate of an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing; eligible accrediting bodies include ACEN and CCNE. Foreign nursing education must have an accepted equivalency validation.
• Active, current, full, and unrestricted Advanced Practice Nurse 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 in an eligible Nurse Practitioner specialty from ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body in the area of academic preparation.
• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• For Nurse Practitioner III qualification, meet basic education requirements and have one year of specialized Nurse Practitioner experience equivalent to Nurse II.
• U.S. citizenship is required unless qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical evaluation and meet applicable background, security, drug-screening, identification, and onboarding requirements.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program and complete annual Employee Health requirements, such as TB screening or testing.
• Must be able to meet the role's physical requirements, including visual acuity, hearing, speech, manual dexterity, and periods of walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing; patient or object transfers may be required.
• Must be able to work effectively in stressful situations, adapt to changing priorities, and potentially work around infected patients, contaminated materials, isolation or procedure protective clothing, and occasionally combative patients.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate medical cardiology and multidisciplinary staff in complex outpatient and inpatient care, including patient evaluation, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, triage, admission scheduling, and collection of baseline and follow-up data.
• Teach patients and families as needed.
• Consult with multidisciplinary staff on problem-solving strategies for patients with complex care plans.
• Develop and use practice guidelines or clinical pathways to streamline multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment.
• Serve as a point of contact for cardiology patients throughout treatment.
• Provide direct outpatient cardiology care, including history and physical examinations and development and implementation of treatment plans.
• Consult on complex outpatient cardiology issues in collaboration with the attending cardiologist.
• May perform non-nuclear and nuclear tests in collaboration with the attending cardiologist.
• Assist with the cardiology device clinic, including checking programming of cardiac implantable electronic devices.
• Perform post-operative site assessments after cardiology device implantation.
• Participate in the National Cardiac Device Surveillance Program.
• Assess patients' needs and make appropriate referrals.
• Facilitate consultations and participate in clinic care, including follow-up care.
• Facilitate patient participation in ongoing clinical research in collaboration with study coordinators and research nurses.
• Participate in quality improvement activities, including monitoring treatment guidelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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 and a 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