Advanced Practice Nurse - General Surgery

<p>The Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is a member of the interdisciplinary critical care team providing inpatient services. Incumbent is responsible for providing intensive care services independently and collaboratively with appropriate privileges, including initial and ongoing assessment, diagnosis and treatment. Incumbent also practices within the General Surgery Service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality and timeliness.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Surgical Intensive Care Unit APN role will include: Providing direct care for patients, including order writing, documentation, admitting, and discharging patients and performing indicated procedures. Assisting with administrative tasks that improve overall team functioning. Organizing and directing daily work rounds. Ensuring ICU checklist elements and plans of the day are addressed in daily rounds. Providing patient cross-coverage to facilitate Housestaff attendance of educational conferences. Serving as clinical preceptors for APN trainees and students, in affiliation with area universities (e.g. University of Washington School of Nursing). General Surgery APN role will include: Independently managing a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice. Developing and implementing an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management. Demonstrating leadership and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team. Ordering and interpreting labs, tests, and diagnostic studies. Prescribing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions. Initiating referrals and consults to specialty services. Providing education to patients and their families. Assessing and adjusting the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Exemplifying the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence. 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, 7:30 am- 4:00 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Ad-hoc only Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p><h3>Requirements</h3>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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification 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 "Required Documents" section of this announcement.