Advanced Practice Nurse; Nurse Practitioner; Community Care

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Nurse Practitioner (NP) practices in Community Care Service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission as well as provides advanced clinical practice - consultation - and management.

• Duties for this position include - but are not limited to:
  Independently practices as a NP providing a full range of services utilizing treatment guidelines in the delivery of high-quality care
• Collaborates with patients - families - and health care practitioners to develop - implement - and evaluate care
• Utilizes customer service principles - supports veteran self-determination - and serves as a resource for patients and staff in addressing ethical issues
• Contributes to performance improvement initiatives by identifying - analyzing - developing - and implementing processes that improve care at the panel - program - or population level
• Incorporates research - evidence-based practice - established professional - community - or regulatory standards - and clinical practice guidelines to validate or change clinical practice
• Supports dissemination of evidence-based practice - i.e.
  
  - research - quality improvement monitors - best practices - and performance improvement results
• Identifies and evaluates clinical/process opportunities and trends for improvement and takes appropriate action for resolution
• Collaborates with stakeholders to improve patient care - staff development - and performance measures
• Demonstrates positive - practical communication skills and professional behaviors that promote cooperation and teamwork with patients and other customers
• 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:
  
  8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  - Monday
  - Friday
• Subject to change based on the needs of the facility
• Telework:
  Available
• Ad-Hoc - at the discretion of the supervisor
• Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not Authorized.