Nurse Practitioner- Palliative Care

About the role

The John D. Dingell VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Nurse Practitioner- Palliative Care. The NP practices to provide a full range of services in outpatient/inpatient settings emphasizing quality, timeliness & the advancement of the mission. The NP provides advanced clinical practice, consultation & management. The NP practices to the full extent of their education, training, & certification.

Responsibilities

• Independently manages or in collaboration with attending physician(s), a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice.
• Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management.
• Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team.
• Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services.
• Provides End-Of-Life care and symptom management to all patients in an inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Provider is committed to delivering compassionate, timely and Veteran-centered care through multidisciplinary palliative care teams. These teams support Veterans in VA hospitals, community living centers (CLCs) and even remotely via telehealth services.
• Provides medical services to veterans on an Outpatient, Inpatient or assigned by the supervisor as needed at the John D Dingell VAMC under GEC service.

Qualifications

• Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner)
• Basic Requirements: Education, License, Basic Board Certification
• Scope, Education and Experience, Dimension Criteria for Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) II and III

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)

Pay

Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00a-4:30p

Telework

Not Available

Virtual

This is not a virtual position.