Advanced Practice Nurse-Cardiology

Summary The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) practices in the Cardiology Service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The NP provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management. If you are looking to apply to the Physician Assistant-Cardiology position, please apply using this hyper-link: Responsibilities The Nurse Practitioner is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification who provides evidence-based care for a population of patients. Major duties and responsibilities of the position: - Independently manages a panel of 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 referrals 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. - Demonstrates proficiency in management and diagnostic strategies for patients with ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease, heart failure, and advanced heart failure - Develops transitional and outpatient strategies to avoid preventable hospitalizations in patients recently discharged with heart disease and heart failure. - Inpatient management of Cardiology and Heart Failure consult patients will be conducted under the supervision of a Cardiology Physician. - Recognizes need for referrals of patients to subspeciality services within Cardiology requiring advanced therapies - Maintains knowledge of New York Heart Association functional classes, stages, and symptoms of heart failure. - Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency in heart failure management strategies and corresponding contraindications, including pharmacotherapy, testing and intervention. - Identifies clinical signs and symptoms related to end-stage heart failure and indications for referral to palliative care/hospice. - Works closely with patients, reinforcing education on diet/fluid intake, close monitoring of weights and vitals and labs, educations on signs and symptoms of CHF exacerbation, introducing GDMT, following home tele notes and tailoring meds in order to avoid readmissions. - Monitors outpatients to recognize failure to current therapy early and initiate and facilitate timely advanced therapy referral and intervention. Manages outpatient inotopes, initiates GOC discussions and referrals to palliative team with end stage heart failure. - Additional responsibilities as appropriate to the NP's training, scope of practice, and granted privileges 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: 7:30am-4:00pm Compressed/Flexible: Compressed Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment 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 (Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. 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

Created: 2026-03-23