Advanced Practice Nurse - Certified Nurse Practitioner

Duties

• 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 and 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
• Provides education to patients and their families
• Affirms and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes

Requirements

• Completed the necessary educational preparations to engage in primary health care decision making
• Obtain advanced competencies and skills for assessing physical and psychosocial health/illness status of patients
• Promote health maintenance and protection against diseases
• Manage the care of Non-VA care patients within the scope of preparation and accountability
• Participate in quality management/improvement activities

Qualifications

• Possesses a high degree of knowledge, skill, and competence in evaluation and management of complex acute and chronic disease
• Knowledgeable of Non-VA care guidelines
• Learns and applies advanced practice nursing skills and knowledge in a relatively independent manner in areas of patient care, education, research, and consultation
• Provides leadership in the application of the nursing process to client care, organizational processes, and/or systems to improve outcomes at the program, service, or organizational level
• Adept at interpersonal skills, working closely with all members of the CITC interdisciplinary team, and functions as a mid-level provider in the CITC
• Competent in procedures and required activities consistent with practice guidelines and standards of care established for the specific practice area
• Individualized scope of practice and responsible for working collaboratively with inpatient and outpatient medical teams
• Serves as an agent of the COS regarding prescriptive authority

Skills

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
• Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Benefits

• 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)

Pay

• Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards

Schedule

• Day Shift - 8-1630

Work Location

• Not Available

Telework

• Not Available

Virtual

• This is not a virtual position