Advanced Practice Nurse - Home Based Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Summary The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Special Population Pact Aligned Care Team (PACT) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) provides primary care to an assigned panel of Veterans in accordance with licensure privileges - scope of practice or functional statement. The Nurse Practitioner for Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) will perform physical assessments - engage in therapeutic problem solving - counseling - consultation - & provide collaborative case management with an interdisciplinary team. Duties Minneapolis VA Health Care System is a Complexity Level-1A tertiary teaching health care organization providing an array of inpatient and outpatient multidisciplinary care in an Integrated Clinical Community (ICC) structure including Primary Care - Specialty Medicine - Surgical Care - Behavioral & Mental Health and Rehabilitation & Extended Care servicesDuties include - but are not - limited to: Performs physical assessments - engages in therapeutic problem solving - counseling - consultation - and provides independent case managementOrders - interprets - and follows up on diagnostic testsInitiates consults to other disciplinesCollaborates with physicians and other members of health care teamPrescribes medications and other therapies within the guidelines of the specific practice agreementTeaches patient - family - other staff and studentsTriages and applies a collaborative team approach in identifying - analyzing - and resolving patient care problemsBLS certification is required for this position and can be obtained upon hireFacilitation of Homecare referrals and recommendations to support ongoing veteran needsVA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: 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) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday - 8:00am to 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Situational ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual positionRelocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized