Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Primary Care

About the role

This position resides within the Primary Care Service Line at the Dakota Dunes Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) within the Sioux Falls VA Healthcare System.

Responsibilities

• Reviews consults, completes patient history, examination, diagnosis, treatment and education for new and follow up patient visits.
• Documents in SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) format, responds to Clinical Reminders, and orders appropriate lab tests and studies by Provider Order Entry.
• Interprets as appropriate and implements results & recommendations from studies ordered.
• Initiates and adjusts medications as medically necessary, practices & maintains skills in EKG, and recommends appropriate follow up.
• Completes electronic encounter for each visit and conducts telephone clinics and responds to patient phone calls as appropriate.
• Respects time commitments, provides customer service appropriate to VA standards, and provides patient care through face to face visits and other modalities (group clinics, telephone clinics, secure messaging, etc.).
• Performs oversight of primary care clinical studies to include appropriate scheduling of patients, patient flow, safety, quality management, capacity, backlogs, results reporting, wait times, and consults.
• Utilizes PACT and ACA principles, assists in meeting Performance Measures for Primary Care outpatient clinics, and coordinates care for patients as appropriate between specialty medicine, mental health, surgical/surgical sub-specialty, extended care and rehabilitation, community, and other ancillary services.
• Maintains awareness of costs incurred for fee basis, contracting, and VA care. Balances costs and productivity with quality patient care and customer service.
• Participates in Peer Review and works as a team with medical doctor, nursing, technicians, administration, lab, pharmacy, dieticians, and ancillary staff.
• Completes CME, TMS, HIPAA, Security training, and other training as mandated by VA.
• Serves on committees, teams, workgroups, and chart reviews as requested/approved by administration.

Qualifications

• Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner)
• Education: Post-master's certificate or master's or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Licenses: Active, current, full, and unrestricted APN license to practice as an NP in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Board Certification: Full and current basic board certification in one of the following: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP), Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP), or Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (GNP).