Nurse Practitioner - Pulmonary and Critical Care

Overview

The Department of Medicine at the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is seeking a full-time (APN) Nurse Practitioner within the Pulmonary and Critical Care section of Medicine Service. This position provides a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the VA mission. The (APN) Nurse Practitioner provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management.

• 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.
• Obtain clinical histories and perform physical examinations on patients with a variety of complex pulmonary conditions.
• Collects and synthesizes patient data to formulate comprehensive patient care plans, including formulation of differential diagnoses, prescribing treatment modalities, and ordering diagnostic tests to determine effectiveness of treatment modalities.
• Completes outpatient clinic, e-consult, and telehealth patient encounters.
• Core responsibilities include pulmonary disease consultation and triage, receiving and responding to electronic and phone communication with pulmonary patients, and collaboration with the clinic scheduling team.
• Tracks performance measures and utilizes data to enhance access, implement new projects, and improve existing ones.
• Creates and/or develops best practice standards.
• Interfaces with trainees (Pulmonary Fellows, Medicine Residents, Respiratory Therapy students, Pharmacy Residents, and Nurse Practitioner students) in a multidisciplinary setting and serves as a resource for these learners; also serves as a basic pulmonary resource for other providers/services at the Medical Center.
• Training will be provided as needed; other duties may be assigned at the discretion of Pulmonary Section leadership.
• This position is ideal for a creative, dynamic, flexible, independent, clinically excellent practitioner who communicates well with a diverse range of people and is interested in a unique career combining clinical care with opportunities in clinical, educational, and quality improvement arenas.
• Opportunities for academic advancement, participation in research, or university appointments are available and will be fostered as appropriate.

• APN Nurse Practitioner (pulmonary/critical care) with appropriate licensure and certification.
• Experience in pulmonary care and comfort working in a VA health care system setting; ability to work at multiple sites (Louis Stokes VA Medical Center and Parma - OH CBOC).
• Ability to work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team and supervise/educate learners, as applicable.
• Clinical history taking and physical examination with complex pulmonary conditions; strong critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory.
• Schedule flexibility and ability to participate in a range of clinical activities including outpatient clinics, telehealth, and e-consults as needed.

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential for performance awards.
• Paid Time Off: 50 days per year (26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 federal holidays).
• Retirement:
  Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% employer contributions by VA.
• Insurance:
  Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care with programs available into retirement.
• Relocation/recruitment incentives:
  Not Authorized.