Advanced Practice Nurse
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Providence, RI · 1 mo ago
Full-time
About the role
This Advanced Nurse Practice Nurse (APN) position is in Emergency Medicine Service at the Providence VA Medical Center. This position is intermittent with no set hours.
Responsibilities
- Independently provide direct patient care in an acute setting
- Order and interpret labs, testing, and diagnostic studies
- Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
- Initiate referrals and specialty care consults as needed
- Provide education to patients and their caregivers
- Demonstrate leadership and work collaboratively within emergency medicine and with other interdisciplinary teams
- Ability to complete minor procedures unsupervised (e.g., simple laceration suturing, applying splints, incision and drainage, aspiration and injection of joints)
Qualifications
- Hold a full and unrestricted license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner from any U.S. state or territory
Benefits
- Paid Time Off: 50 days per year (26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays)
- Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5‑year vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% agency matching
- Insurance: Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long‑term care coverage (many programs portable into retirement)
Pay
- Competitive salary with regular step increases and potential for performance awards
Schedule
Intermittent work schedule (no set hours). Compressed/flexible schedules, telework, and virtual work are not authorized.