Nurse Practitioner- Primary Care

Summary

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.

• NOTE:
  
  This is a multi-discipline recruitment that will result in the hiring of one of the following disciplines:
  Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• All Physician Assistants applicants should apply to posting: CBTD-CB There are 2 Nurse Practitioner positions located in Primary Care Service
• One Nurse Practitioner position is located at the Manchester VA NH location
• One Nurse Practitioner position is located in Women's Health at the Portsmouth NH VA CBOC location
• Both positions are full-time at 40 hours per week
• Included but 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 Primary Care Team and other interdisciplinary team members
• 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
  
  Work Schedule:
  
  Full time
  - Monday
  - Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Compressed/Flexible:
  Not Authorized Telework:
  Not Authorized Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  May be authorized to highly qualified applicant EDRP Authorized:
  Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact - Karen.
  
  Chapman
• the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
• Learn more Notifications:
  This position is not in the bargaining unit This position is in the Excepted Service
• This position is covered by a special rate
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 - (Notice of Personnel Action)
• The SF-50 must identify the position title - series - grade - step - tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted)
• In some cases - more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held
• 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 VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards