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Nurse Practitioner - Hospice/Palliative Provider
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
The Hospice/Palliative Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) - practices in Specialty Care/Geriatrics and Extended Care and provides a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The NP in this role provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management to Veterans on the Community Living Center (CLC) neighborhood, and provides hospice and palliative care consultation to inpatients and outpatients.
What You'll Do
- →This is a multidisciplinary announcement.
- →This position may be filled by either a Physician or a Nurse Practitioner.
- →The Hospice/Palliative Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) will provide inpatient and outpatient palliative care consultation and work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team to improve symptom management, clarify patient and family goals of care, support informed health care decision-making, and improve access to appropriate palliative, hospice, and supportive care services.
- →The provider in this role will also support outpatient geriatric services and other Geriatrics and Extended Care programs depending on patient-care needs, workload, expertise, and organizational priorities.
- →The NP will practice to the full extent of their education, training, and certification.
- →Core functions are outlined in the clinical privileges that correspond with this position.
- →The NP has prescriptive authority for a panel of patients or program, as indicated by their position.
- →Major duties and responsibilities of the position: 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.
- →Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management.
- →Demonstrates leadership and functions as an active member of the interdisciplinary team serving Veterans with serious, advanced, chronic, and life-limiting illnesses.
- →Orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies.
- →Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
- →Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services.
- →Provides education to patients and their families.
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.
- ✓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: 80631e74-bc63-444c-9217-c8f2b9757395
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