Nurse Practitioner

Summary

The Nurse Practitioner practices in the Rehab & Extended Care Integrated Clinical Community (REC ICC) on the Community Living Centers at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center. The Nurse Practitioner is a skilled health care provider who utilizes critical judgment in the performance of comprehensive health assessments - differential diagnosis - and the prescribing of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments in the direct management of acute and chronic illness and disease.

• 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
• Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management
• Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team
• 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
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of - Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay:
  Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards
• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Retirement:
  Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance:
  Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

• Work Schedule:
  
  Monday through Friday
• 7:30a.m to 4:00p.m
• Telework:
  Available Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not Authorized