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.

Duties

• Major duties include but may not be limited too: 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 - utilizes 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