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Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Nurse Practitioner
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) III Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) in Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) practices in Geriatrics and Extended Care Service to provide a full range of health care services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The NP provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice.
- →Visits patients in their homes in the community.
- →Drives a vehicle to patient visits in the community and follows relevant policies and procedures regarding operating a government vehicle.
- →Assesses, identifies, and diagnoses patients' general medical problems and defines the medical management.
- →Determines the need for specialty consultation.
- →Develops and implements an individualized treatment plan to achieve optimal patient health outcomes.
- →Adjusts the plan of care as patient needs change.
- →Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with HBPC interdisciplinary team members, as well as with other VA staff and other care providers in the community.
- →Engages constructively with other HBPC staff in a collaborative fashion during interdisciplinary team meetings to solve complex patient problems.
- →Fosters open communication and strives to resolve conflicts promptly.
- →Orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies.
- →Delivers direct nursing care in the home to patients.
- →Provides and/or coordinates skilled nursing services which may include but are not limited to: phlebotomy, medication management, wound care, catheter care, injections, and electrocardiograms Collaborates with homecare agencies, hospice and palliative care agencies, and other community care services.
- →Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized 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.
- ✓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
Job ID: 12e11a6a-3b86-48a7-94e7-9dfd9e279328
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