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PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION/PAIN CLINIC NURSE PRACTITIONER
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 13 days ago
About the Role
The VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS) Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Nurse Practitioner is a professional Registered Nurse (RN) and nationally certified Nurse Practitioner (NP), who uses the nursing process and evidence-based practice to work collaboratively with the team (family/caregiver, internal and community-based services and disciplines involved in providing care to the patient).
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties not limited to but may include: Applies the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to systems or processes at the unit level to provide patient-driven holistic care.
- →Provide nursing and medical services to Veterans and their families/caregivers in both individual and group settings.
- →Emphasize health promotion and disease prevention; diagnose and manage acute, chronic and episodic illnesses.
- →NP practice dimensions may include but are not limited to ordering, conducting, supervising and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests and prescription of pharmacologic agents and non-pharmacologic therapies.
- →Teaches and counsels Veterans, families/caregivers and groups.
- →Demonstrates leadership by involving the HBPC staff in providing customized, evidence-based patient-driven care.
- →Designs, implements and revises interdisciplinary patient-driven holistic care plan for life.
- →Maintains privacy and confidentiality of all patient information, including electronic, print, and conversations.
- →Provides patient-driven care in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner, using evidence based principles.
- →Serves as a professional leader in the health care delivery systems and embraces lifelong learning.
- →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 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
Job ID: 4c9835d3-08c5-49ab-9401-b9302d7d5575
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