Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) - Primary Care

Summary This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30 - 2027. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications and subsequent cut-off dates are on the 1st of each month. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled Duties Located in the city's historic Southside district - the Birmingham VA Medical Center (BVAMC) is a 313-bed acute tertiary care facility providing medical and surgical services to Veterans across Alabama and neighboring statesServing as a regional referral center - the BVAMC currently operates 139 beds and offers care across nearly all medical and surgical specialties and subspecialtiesMost staff physicians hold joint appointments with the VA and its primary academic affiliate - the University of Alabama at BirminghamThe BVAMC also operates nine community-based outpatient clinics across North AlabamaVA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total RewardsThis position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement programYou must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointmentProgram Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP applicationFormer EDRP participants ineligible to applyLearn morePay: 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 VAInsurance: 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 territoryMajor Duties/Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to: The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an advanced practice registered nurse that works under a Scope of Practice and has prescriptive authority to diagnose and treat acute and chronic health problemsThe NP follows established guidelines to provide coordinated health care to the adult and geriatric populationThe NP performs independently or in collaboration with the provider to carry out the plan of care for the VeteranHe/she appropriately delegates to other Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) members - but is responsible for diagnosing and treating medical problems - care coordination to higher level of care - and making complex clinical decisionsThe NP will serve as the leader of the PACT teamlet - that consists of an RN - LPN/Clinical Associate - and Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA)The NP optimizes care delivery and provides care to patients with acute problems - patients undergoing transitions of care - and patients with chronic conditions who would benefit in developing and performing self-management skills for chronic conditions especially diabetes - hypertension - CHF - hyperlipidemia - pain - and depressionThe NP utilizes motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate patient development of patient driven goals for health optimization and will be required to attend a formal Motivational Interviewing courseThe NP must demonstrate leadership in delivering and improving holistic care by utilizing health promotion and disease prevention and whole health strategiesThe NP uses face to face - telephone - and video virtual care visits - and secure messaging - to provide care to patientsThe NP develops the appropriate plan of care and tracks patient outcomes to determine if interventions are effectiveThe NP will document timely - appropriately - and effectively in the medical recordensure the patient's care plan contains medical recommendations for clinically indicated careand communicate test results and plans of care to patients or ensure this is accomplished by clinical support staff in a timely and effective mannerThe NP performs clinical assessmentstriages face to face or virtuallyin collaboration with the patient to identify goals for optimizing healthprovides patient/family education to improve outcomes - evaluates patient's progress or lack of progress toward achieving goalsand performs case management activities and care coordination activities for those patients assigned to the team who require those servicesThe NP will participate in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care deliveryprovide leadership to the PACT including shared delegation of appropriate care and care processes to appropriate team membersThe NP will report directly to the Primary Care Director and/or Associate Chief of Staff of Primary CareWork Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM or 7:30am -4:00pmSubject to change based on the needs of the agency.