Summary

Northport VAMC is looking for a practicing Nurse Practitioner (NP) with a specialty in Cardiology. Northport VA Medical Center supports the Network 2 Mission to care for our Veterans with compassion and excellence.

Duties

• 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
• 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 8am-5pm