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Advance Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) - Neurology Sleep
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 46 days ago
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 ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →The Birmingham VA Health Care System is recruiting for a Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) for Sleep Neurology Service.
- →The Neurology Sleep Advanced Practice Provider (Sleep APP) is a specialty care provider who has an advanced practice provider degree and works full-time.
- →The Sleep APP functions as a licensed independent practitioner contributing as part of the Neurology Sleep provider team in conjunction with the sleep physicians involved in daily operations of the Birmingham VA's Neurology Sleep Service.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Independently provides initial and follow-up evaluation and management for patients with the full spectrum of sleep disorders via in-person and clinical video telemedicine (including consulting with sleep physicians for complex sleep questions as appropriate).
- →Serves as the point of contact for Neurology Sleep consult review/screening/triage.
- →Provides sleep medicine education and counseling to patients/sleep employees/other VA staff.
- →Provides clinical sleep medicine support to Neurology Sleep employees.
- →Assists in responding to sleep related patient phone calls/messages/and in-person walk-in visits.
- →Orders/reviews lab work related to sleep medicine evaluations as indicated.
- →Orders polysomnographic studies (Home and Sleep Laboratory studies) as indicated.
- →Prescribes and refills any medication listed on the VA hospital formulary except for Schedule II, III, IV, V Narcotics, chemotherapeutic agents and anesthetics per Birmingham VA guidelines.
- →Consults other non-Sleep services as indicated for the health of the patient, participates in Sleep quality improvement projects, mentors Sleep nursing staff, and other additional duties based on Neurology Sleep Service needs.
- →Subject to change based on agency needs.
- →Telework: Available; Ad-hoc only after completing initial training.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓English Language Proficiency.
- ✓In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
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