Nurse Practitioner; Primary Care

Summary

Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care This position will support the Central Virginia Health Care System. The Nurse Practitioner is a licensed independent practitioner who is responsible for managing health problems and coordinating acute and chronic health care for a wide range of patient populations in accordance with State and Federal rules and regulations and the nursing standards of care.

• Scope of Practice and Functions:
  The incumbent is responsible and accountable for provision of care for a specific group of patients to include the management of complex patient care.
• He/she will provide leadership in the application of the nursing processes to patient care - organizational processes and/or systems improving outcomes at the program or service level.
• He/she will be responsible for activities considered to be usual nursing practice and selected expanded functional defined in approved protocols and clinical practice guidelines.
• He/she is involved in direct patient care - patient and family teaching - staff education and multidisciplinary consultations and collaborations.
• Other duties includes but are not limited to:
  Works as a member of a teamlet within Primary Care PACT teams or Employee/Occupational health to ensure the highest quality of care is offered to Veterans enrolled in the system and within Employee/Occupational health the Medical Centers employees Participate in all Primary Care staff meetings - team huddles - etc.
• Maintains recognized Nurse Practitioner standards of Practice and follows approved Scope of Practice.
• Exhibits strong clinical skills to improve patients care for an aging - adult population.
• as well as excellent interpersonal relationship skills in interpreting and communicating health care information to the patient - family and that interdisciplinary health care team.
• Provides comprehensive healthcare which includes the assessment - diagnosis - planning - ordering - and interpretation of therapeutic interventions to a population of female Veterans across the lifespan.
• Provide preventive health education - gender specific sexuality and mental health counseling - and referrals as needed.
• Determines the need for a variety of diagnostics modalities to obtain health data on the case.
• interprets results and make diagnoses of diseases and/or disorders.prescribe evidenced-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions - to include referral when appropriate.
• Provides gender specific examinations PRACTICE:
  Applies the nursing process to systems or processes at the unit/team/work group level to improve care.
• Demonstrates leadership by involving others in improving care.
• Performs an advanced - comprehensive - and holistic health assessment - including a relevant health history and physical assessment.
• Determines the need for - orders - performs - receives - and interprets the appropriate diagnostic tests.
• Analyzes and synthesizes data from multiple sources to establish a differential and working diagnosis.
• Documents appropriately Veteran's history and physical - as well as requesting appropriate consults ETHICS:
  Supports and enhances client self-determination.
• Serves as a resource for client and staff in addressing ethical issues.
• Maintains confidentiality of all documents - patient reviews - and external reviews.
• Serves as a resource for patients and staff in addressing ethical issues.
• Initiates Veteran and/or family/significant other education on advance directives and end-of-life care issues.

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
EDRP:
May be 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

Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday - 8:00am-4:30pm