Advanced Practice Nurse - Home Based Primary Care

About the role

The Geriatrics and Extended Care Service (GEC) provides care in several clinical venues including inpatient, outpatient, community, and research settings, including but not limited to: Community Living Center (CLC), Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Hospice House and outpatient), Geriatric Evaluation and Management Clinic (GEM Clinic), Home Based Primary Care, Inpatient and Outpatient Consultation Services (Geriatric and Hospice Services), Community Outreach, Education and Research Services.

Responsibilities

• Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention, maximization of function, and/or assessing and honoring seriously ill Veteran's goals and preferences for care and quality of life using evidence-based practice
• Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management
• Demonstrates leadership
• Works collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team
• Orders and interprets diagnostic studies
• Communicates effectively with patients, patient caregivers, colleagues, and interdisciplinary team members
• Cooperates with nursing staff and other disciplines to provide patient care
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
• Initiates referrals/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

Benefits

• 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

Pay

• Competitive salary
• Regular salary increases
• Potential for performance awards

Schedule

• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
• Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
• Telework: May be Authorized
• Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized