Advanced Practice Nurse - Endocrinology

Overview

The Robley Rex VA Medical Center is recruiting for an Advanced Practice Nurse - Endocrinology within Specialty Care.

• The Nurse Practitioner (NP) practices in Medicine Specialty Service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission
• The NP provides advanced clinical practice - consultation - and management
• Major duties include - but are not limited to:
  Independently manage a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice
• Develop and implement an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management
• Orders and interprets labs - tests - and diagnostic studies
• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
• Initiate referrals and consults to specialty services
• Provide education to patients and their families Assess and adjust the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
• 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 - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework:
  Not available
• Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not authorized Pay
  
  Schedule:
  
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