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Advanced Practice Nurse-Nurse Practitioner-(Open to Current/Permanent VCB Employees Only)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
About the Role
This Open Continuous Announcement (OCA) is only open to any current, permanent employees of the Texas Valley Coastal Bend VA Health Care System. This is an open continuous announcement and will remain open until the closing date or until positions are filled. Eligible applications received will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until the position is filled.
What You'll Do
- →As the Certified Nurse Practitioner, you will use professional standards of care and practice to evaluate self, programs, and service activities.
- →You will maintain knowledge of current techniques, trends, and professional issues.
- →You will use group process to identify, analyze, and resolve care problems.
- →Duties of the position include but are limited to; Initiate/participate in Patient Safety activities that result in improved outcomes.
- →Implement an educational plan to meet changing program or service needs.
- →Educate colleagues and serve as a preceptor and/or mentor on patient safety initiatives and standards.
- →Support and enhance client self-determination.
- →Serve as a resource for clients and staff in addressing ethical issues.
- →Participate in ethics consultations.
- →Collaborate with others in research activities to improve care.
- →Identify and assess resource utilization and safety issues, taking appropriate action.
- →Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Personality Fit
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