Advanced Practice Nurse - Anesthesiology/Pain Clinic

About the role

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) - Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) practices in a specialized service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The NP provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

The NP practices to the full extent of their education, training, and certification. Core functions are outlined in the clinical privileges that correspond with this position. The NP has prescriptive authority for a panel of patients or program as indicated by their position.

Per the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), enforced by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), NPs prescribing controlled substances will need to meet North Carolina (NC) rules regarding prescribing. The NP will be required to have a collaborative practice agreement with a physician ONLY as it pertains to prescribing controlled substances; such agreement is embedded in the NP's privileging forms. NPs who are NOT prescribing controlled substances will not have a collaborative agreement of any category.

It is a preferred qualification of the DVAHCS for all NPs to obtain a DEA (even if not prescribing controlled substances). The DVAHCS cannot mandate that an NP obtain a North Carolina NP approval to practice (aka NP license). However, if an NP requests to maintain an NP license in a Non-FPA state, and that state's regulation requires that all NPs must collaborate with a physician who also holds a license in that same non-FPA state, then the NP must abide by that state's practice act/regulation. If there is NOT a physician collaborator at the DVAHCS who holds a matching state license in the Non-FPA state, and if it is a condition of the NP's employment to order/prescribe controlled substances in their respective specialized service, then the NP will need to consider applying for a North Carolina NP approval to practice in order to fulfill their commitment to the assigned job duties.

NPs maintaining a license in a Non-Full Practice Authority (FPA) State while working at the DVAHCS must be aware of and must abide by that state board's regulation and practice act. It is the NP's responsibility to provide information regarding their state's practice act/regulation to members of the Durham VA Health Care System when requested. NPs maintaining a license in a Full Practice Authority (FPA) State while working at the DVAHCS must be aware of and must abide by that state board's regulation and practice act. It is the NP's responsibility to provide information regarding their state's practice act/regulation to members of the Durham VA Health Care System when requested.

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Schedule

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 0730am-4:30 pm

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized