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Advanced Practice Nurse - Cardiothoracic Nurse Practitioner
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 40 days ago
About the Role
The Cardiothoracic Surgery team at the VA St. Louis Healthcare System seeks an experienced Nurse Practitioner with full practice authority to provide outpatient, inpatient, operative, and ICU care. This position requires knowledge in ordering and titrating cardiac medications, first assist, hemodynamic surveillance, chest tube management, VAD implantation support, transplant evaluation, and participation in the on-call rotation.
What You'll Do
- →The Cardiothoracic Surgery Nurse Practitioner (CTSNP) is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification who provides evidence based care for a population of patients education and national certification who provides evidence-based care for a population of patients.
- →CTSNP provides comprehensive care to patients with undergoing heart and lung surgery, providing care from pre-operative consultation through post-operative management and recovery.
- →The role includes both clinical and surgical assistance such as diagnosing conditions, performing procedures, assisting in the operating room and managing patients in intensive care unit.
- →Major Duties Included, but are not limited to: Advance assessment and diagnosis - conducting thorough patient evaluations, interpreting complex clinical data and making diagnoses for critically ill patients.
- →Therapeutic interventions: initiating and managing complex treatments like ventilator management, hemodynamic monitoring, vasopressor administration, and advance life support measure Medication management: Prescribing and adjusting medication based on critical care needs, including high-risk medication and infusions.
- →Diagnostic test ordering and interpretation: Ordering and interpreting advanced diagnostic tests like arterial blood gases, central venous pressure monitoring, intracranial pressure monitoring, and advance imaging studies.
- →Collaboration with other healthcare professionals: Consulting with specialist like pulmonologist, cardiologist, surgeons, anesthesia, neurologists, nephrologists to optimize patient care.
- →Patient and family education: Providing comprehensive information and support to critically ill patients and their families regarding complex medical conditions and treatment options.
- →Complex procedures: Performs procedures Independently, within scope of practice.
- →Nurse Practitioners are clinicians with advanced training who provide primary, acute, and specialty health care services and delivers care under a set of privileges, based upon education, training, and certification.
- →Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.
Requirements
- ✓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 evaluation/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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 39c2c8ac-ca38-4789-94e4-0b6e3bb16d41
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