Nurse Practitioner -Primary Care

Functions of Assigned Duties

The NP is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification who provides evidence-based care.

Major duties and responsibilities of the position:

• Independent clinical evaluation of Veterans including prevention and patient self-management.
• Comprehensive primary care will be provided to male and female Veterans.
• Comprehensive primary care includes but is not limited to evaluating patients in an outpatient setting to diagnose and treat acute and chronic diseases, educating on health promotion/disease prevention and ensuring that health maintenance is up to date.
• Completes physical examination to formulate treatment plans. Treatment plans are evidence based.
• Engages in shared medical decision making.
• Care may be provided in many modalities: direct face to face, virtual (including telephonic, video, secured messaging and others).
• Orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies.
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Initiates referrals and consults.
• Provides education to patients and families.
• Functions as a member of a Patient Aligned Care Team, to provide timely, quality, coordinated care.
• Participates in continuous medical education as per requirements with topics included but not limited to opioid prescribing and trainings to fulfill designated women's health primary care provider.
• Primary function is as "gap" provider meaning: May provide coverage for other providers in clinic or other primary care clinics if needed or assigned. This may be for same day, short term, or long term absences. May see same day walk in patients when there providers is not available. Provide coverage to patient messages and results.
• Participation in clinical education as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner)
• Education: A post-master's certificate or master's or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• License - All APN (NPs) must possess and maintain an 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.
• Basic Board Certification - All APN (NPs) must maintain 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) from one of the following: the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB), or other nationally recognized certifying body in the area in which the Nurse Practitioner is academically prepared.