Nurse Practitioner-General Surgery - San Antonio, Texas - General Surgery
Company: Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: January 27, 2023
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Job Description:
Nurse Practitioner-General Surgery - San Antonio, Texas
Duties
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:
You will complete daily morning and afternoon rounds with teams on
inpatients. In event teams finish rounds prior to beginning of
tour, seeks out teams and obtains sign outs. Communicate with
patients via phone inquiries, secure messaging, etc. regarding
surgical issues pre and post surgery. Communicate to attending
surgeons and physicians regarding general surgery patients follow
up and management. Order, facilitate, and interpret laboratory
tests, diagnostic studies, and for General Surgery patients to
ensure timely completion. Write progress notes daily for General
Surgery patients and assist teams as necessary with other progress
notes. Communicate with residents, attendings, and other team
members both during outpatient evaluations and inpatient care to
ensure all General Surgery patients are receiving appropriate care.
Independently review or complete discharge summaries on all
patients on a daily basis. Conduct and document findings on health
histories and physical examinations on patients seen in the General
Surgery clinic. Coordinate imaging appointments, subspecialty
consultation appointments and follow up visits for the patient.
Provide follow-up for evaluation of outcomes of x-rays, laboratory
tests and diagnostic procedures. Detect and evaluate any
significant change in patient's condition and provide treatment as
indicated. In conjunction with General surgeon you are responsible
for postoperative care of patients, postoperative clinic evaluation
and care. Prescribe, administer and evaluate patient's response to
pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment regimens for
chronic and non-healing surgical wounds. Educate General Surgery
patients on the proposed plan or care, provide and evaluate care
that promotes wellness and prevents disease, injury and disability
and make self available to patients by telephone and voice mail for
all vascular surgery patient needs. You will care for the
population served by the South Texas Veterans Health Care System
including General Surgery patients ages 18-65 and 65 and older in
the outpatient setting.
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: Full time Monday-Friday; 7:30am-4:00pm or
similar
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
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