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Advance Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner)-Primary Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 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 Primary Care (PC) Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse who utilizes critical thinking in the application of advanced clinical health care knowledge and skills, in conducting comprehensive history and physical examinations to Veterans.
- →Performs medical record reviews and clinical interviews, Performs medical assessments & evaluations, makes diagnoses/renders medical opinions, and develops a comprehensive treatment plan to include appropriate diagnostic testing, medication management/therapy, and specialty/subspecialty care referral where appropriate.
- →Major duties and responsibilities of the position but not limited to: Maintain an integrated delivery system through expansion of clinical practices.
- →Maintain operational efficiencies through emphasis on safe practices and national safety.
- →Implements Lean principles, supports quality improvement projects and promotes a culture of continuous quality improvement.
- →Identifies symptoms and classifies them by acuity based upon collected data.
- →Demonstrates basic triage knowledge in making appropriate clinical assessments.
- →Relies on intuitive and systematic approaches (protocols) to make health assessments.
- →Demonstrates knowledge regarding VA Administrative regulations such as entitlements, healthcare access points and local policies and procedures related to these elements.
- →Educates and instructs clients on how symptoms can be treated.
- →Contracts verbally with the client to carry out the treatment plan recommended and or advised within set limits.
- →Provides health teaching to clients as appropriate.
- →Provide information about desired outcomes.
- →Performs documentation on all visits in accordance with VA policies and procedures.
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 evaluation/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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