Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) GS-0610-12

About the role

This vacancy is located at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Dir. for Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Bethesda, MD.

Responsibilities

• Counsels and collaborates with physicians and other health care providers regarding patient management.
• Evaluates and revises therapeutic plans and manages high-risk, unstable, or extremely complex patients.
• Evaluates care delivery models and strategies, using concepts related to community, environmental/occupational health, and cultural and socioeconomic dimensions of health.
• Edits care plans and educates patients and their families regarding healthcare processes and diagnostic tests; therapeutic regimen, including medication, diet, follow-up care; and methods of adapting medication and treatment to current lifestyles.

Qualifications

• A graduate or higher level degree from an accredited professional nursing educational program in Nurse Practitioner or other related specialty.
• Licensure: A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Experience: One or more full years of professional advanced practice nursing experience which includes performing examinations of oncology patients, prescribing medications, interpreting laboratory tests, and providing patient education.
• Recommended Experience: At least one year in active practice as a Nurse Practitioner within a hematology/oncology clinic or center. At least one year independently ordering chemotherapy.