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He/She functions as an integral member of the Cardiology Team to provide care for patients with complex, stable and unstable cardiac problems. The RN's care is not limited to cardiac care, but also encompasses medical/surgical problems.
05/30/2019 to 06/13/2019
$49,574 - $97,693 per year
VN 00
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Excepted
3
No
Yes
CBDC-10514677-19-KQ
535061800
The RN's role includes, but is not limited to: initial and ongoing physical and psychosocial assessments; synthesis of data from various assessments, monitoring devices, laboratory and imaging reports; problem identification; care planning; patient advocacy; collaboration with others; strict observation of infection control guidelines; and patient education. Cardiology Nurses practice in an autonomous practice setting. The cardiology nurse is self-directed in ensuring the ongoing flow of care delivery and functioning of the area. The incumbent must be efficient in cardiac nurse case management to include basis dysrhythmia identification and recognition of abnormal EKGs, and understanding processes and procedures related to diagnostic and interventional Cardiac catheterizations, Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography, cardioversion, and vascular imaging cardiac imaging, and electrophysiology. The incumbent must also display appropriate knowledge and judgment with regards to facilitating the referral of patients for advanced diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The incumbent should be a professional nurse who is accountable for coordinating the care of cardiology patients; through various services, in-patient, out-patient and with the community based outpatient (CBOC) clinics while in the outpatient medicine clinics, surgery clinics, and/or emergency department. Incumbent is responsible for establishing and maintaining mutual understanding and collaboration among members of the health care team; coordinating and providing patient/family/staff education. These responsibilities require independent function and high level self-direction. Other duties include physician education, managing consults to service per service and VA directives, and administrative duties to ensure fellowship program is successful; other duties as assigned by the Nurse Manager.The TAVR Procedure RN Coordinator is assigned administrative, leadership and clinical responsibilities for the TAVR Procedures and Clinic. He/she provides indirect patient care, coordinates care for patients, and performs administrative functions that insure continuity of care and appropriate access to care including obtaining outside medical records and films, coordination of pre-procedure appointments and maintenance of clinic profiles for providers. The incumbent will be responsible for individual and/or disease based care management and overall coordination of care for the TAVR Clinic and procedures. The nurse must demonstrate leadership in delivering and improving holistic care to the adult and geriatric population through collaborative strategies and in compliance with evidence-based care in addition to Medical Center and Departmental standards. The incumbent assists with the direction and supervision of other assigned clinical and/or clerical staff. The position requires highly developed communication skills, organization skills and computer skills including all Microsoft Office applications.
Work Schedule: 40 hours a week; M-F 0800-1630
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Annual leave shall accrue for full-time Nurses, and Nurse Anesthetists at the rate of 8 hours for each full biweekly pay period.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
NOTE: Candidate's education and length of nursing practice (experience) will be considered by a Nurse Professional Standards Board in determining the grade and salary of the applicant selected. The recommended salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
Experience as an RN will be evaluated to determine if the experience is of an acceptable level of quality with regard to the following four dimensions of nursing: Practice, Professional Development, Collaboration and Scientific Inquiry. Each dimension of practice has criteria that demonstrate essential core competencies for VHA Nursing Personnel.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/13/2019 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10514677.
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