Advanced Practice Nurse – General Surgery

Summary

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.

Duties

• 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.
• 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

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 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.

Required Documents

• To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
• Resume Special Note for
• Applications: To complete your application, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx to download the standard Clinical Resume
• This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field.
• Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limitation into the 'Other' document upload field.
• The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position.
• Please ensure you have included all documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former
• Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter
• DD-214/ Statement of Service Disability Letter (VA) License
• Resume #2 Foreign Education Equivalency Certificate PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certification Resume Separation Notice (RIF)
• SF-15 SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans' Preference
• Preference eligible candidates and other
• Veterans will be given preference when qualification of candidates are approximately equal for
• Title 38 positions in
• VHA. When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible
• Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor
• Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your
• DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.).
• If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable,
• General, etc.), and dates of impending separation.
• Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible
• Veterans) must also submit an
• SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran
• Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on
• Veterans' Preference, please visit Feds Hire Vets