Nurse Practitioner; Home Based Primary Care

Summary

The Nurse Practitioner (Home Based Primary Care) practices in Geriatrics and Extended Care Service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management.

• Major duties include but may not be 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
• Provides care within the GEC/Home Based Primary Care Program including health promotion, health prevention, geriatric care, primary care, and palliative care
• Delivers competent care in the home of Veterans with complex needs, utilizing interventions to maximize health capabilities and reduce unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits per Veteran's goals of care
• Makes home visits, Veteran Video Connection (VVC) visits and telephone visits to Veterans in the HBPC program
• Preferred Experience:
  
  Two years experience as a Nurse Practitioner – Prescriptive Authority – and an Active Valid state driver's license
• 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 7:30am - 4:00pm;
  Compressed/Flexible:
  May be authorized at supervisor discretion;
  Telework:
  This position is authorized for telework-situational (ad‑hoc) and has not been authorized as remote;
  Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position;
  Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not Authorized;
  Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not Authorized