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- Provide ongoing patient care and management of health problems to the medical imaging patient population.
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- Teach and counsel patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, plan of care, and intervention with optimal treatment for patients and families. Modify treatment plans as disease progresses or changes.
- Perform and assist in medical imaging procedures within clinical privileges. This includes providing pharmacological interventions such as Lasix for renal scans and Morphine for hepatobiliary scanning. Will assist in Therapeutic infusions including management of side effects, administer non-radioactive co-infusions and perform follow up of patients. Assist in preparing preliminary imaging reports in radiology dictation system.
- Performs moderate sedation procedures as needed for modalities within Medical Imaging.
- Monitors patients requiring sedation or with MRI conditional pacemakers during MRI procedures and manages emergency situations as needed
- Performs other duties in CT and Interventional Radiology as assigned. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:
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Nurse Practitioner/APRN - Hines, United States - Veterans Health Administration
Description
Summary
This position is located at the Edward Hines Jr VHA, Hines Illinois, within the Medical Imaging Division, Nuclear Medicine nurse practitioner has clinical expertise in care for general medical, cardiac stress testing and Nuclear medicine Imaging patients.Duties
The Nurse Practitioner/Advance Practice RN has clinical expertise in care for general medical, cardiac stress testing and Nuclear medicine Imaging Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice RN (NP/APRN) has advanced competencies and skill in the holistic assessment, treatment and evaluation of outcomes for identified populations of individuals, families or groups.An NP/APRN is a professional nurse who has obtained a master's or doctorate degree in nursing and is licensed to perform acts of prevention, diagnosis and prescription of therapeutic or corrective /APRNs use specialized knowledge, skill, proficiency and independent practice to contribute to optimal patient NP/APRN functions autonomously and collaborates with other health and triage inter- and intra-facility referrals and/or consults to Nuclear medicine for both inpatient and outpatient populations and facilitate appointments and orders placement in outpatient clinics and other parts of the medical imaging department. This may include scheduling appointments with MSA and telephone reminders of appointments.
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 thru Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
