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Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 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 Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care Service for Guntersville VA Clinic.
- →The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an advanced practice registered nurse, and reports directly to the Primary Care Director and/or Associate Chief of Staff of Primary Care.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Works under a Scope of Practice and has prescriptive authority to diagnose and treat acute and chronic health problems.
- →Follows established guidelines to provide coordinated health care to the adult and geriatric population.
- →Performs independently or in collaboration with the provider to carry out the plan of care for the Veteran.
- →Appropriately delegates to other Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) members, but is responsible for diagnosing and treating medical problems, care coordination to higher level of care, and making complex clinical decisions.
- →Serves as the leader of the PACT team, that consists of an RN, LPN/Clinical Associate, and Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA).
- →Optimizes care delivery and provides care to patients with acute problems, patients undergoing transitions of care, and patients with chronic conditions who would benefit in developing and performing self-management skills for chronic conditions especially diabetes, hypertension, CHF, hyperlipidemia, pain, and depression.
- →Utilizes motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate patient development of patient driven goals for health optimization and will be required to attend a formal Motivational Interviewing course.
- →Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care by utilizing health promotion and disease prevention and whole health strategies.
- →Uses face to face, telephone, and video virtual care visits, and secure messaging, to provide care to patients.
- →Develops the appropriate plan of care and tracks patient outcomes to determine if interventions are effective.
- →Documents timely, appropriately, and effectively in the medical record; ensure the patient's care plan contains medical recommendations for clinically indicated care; and communicate test results and plans of care to patients or ensure this is accomplished by clinical support staff in a timely and effective manner.
- →Participates in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care delivery; provide leadership to the PACT including shared delegation of appropriate care and care processes to appropriate team members.
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: 61bbbb1d-91c6-4515-9d14-8250712a4f90
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