Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse

About the role

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program 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 application. Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.

Responsibilities

• Uses advanced clinical judgment to independently provide evidence-based treatment to Veterans with acute or chronic mental illness including use of psychotropic medications, psychotherapy, and other modalities.
• Provides patient and family education on medical/MH conditions, preventive measures, and prescribed treatments.
• Demonstrates leadership and engages in collaboration with other MH and specialty care professionals while involving Veterans and their families (as appropriate) in treatment plan development.
• Affirms assessments and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Counsels and treats patients with substance use disorders.
• Orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies.
• Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services.

Requirements

Uses advanced clinical judgment to independently provide evidence-based treatment to Veterans with acute or chronic mental illness including use of psychotropic medications, psychotherapy, and other modalities.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency, Graduate of a school of professional nursing, Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• Grade Determinations: Nurse II requires a BSN with 2 years of professional nursing equivalent to Nurse I, Level 3; Nurse III requires an MSN with 2 years of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III.

Benefits

Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards, Paid Time Off (50 days per year), Retirement (Traditional federal pension and federal 401K), Insurance (Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care), Licensure (1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory), Work Schedule (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday), Compressed/Flexible, Telework (Ad-hoc), Virtual (Not Authorized), Permanent Change of Station (PCS) (Not Authorized).

Pay

Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards.

Schedule

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, Compressed/Flexible, Telework (Ad-hoc), Virtual (Not Authorized).

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

Not Authorized.

EDRP

Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency, Graduate of a school of professional nursing, Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• Grade Determinations: Nurse II requires a BSN with 2 years of professional nursing equivalent to Nurse I, Level 3; Nurse III requires an MSN with 2 years of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III.