Summary

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to provide direct clinical services in an Outpatient Clinic. Incumbent works within the Mental Health Service Line in the Outpatient Clinic setting.

Duties

• Duties include but not limited to: Provides psychiatric care to Veterans served within the Mental Health Service Line including obtaining health history - conducting interviews and assessments - formulating diagnoses - conducing mental status exams - substance abuse related assessments - ordering and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests and completes inpatient and outpatient assessment
• Conducts counseling and psychotherapy interventions through generally accepted methods of brief and long-term therapy - including individual therapy - group therapy - marital or couple therapy and family therapy
• Provides psychopharmacological interventions including prescribing or recommending of pharmacologic agents and the ordering and interpretation of diagnostic and laboratory testing
• Establishes and formulates the need for appropriate level of care to include voluntary and involuntary inpatient hospitalization
• 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: Full Time- 0800-1630 Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized