Advanced Practice Nurse (Urology)

Veterans Health Administration • San Juan, PR

3h

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) practices in the Urology Service, providing a full range of services focused on quality, timeliness, and advancing the Veterans Affairs mission. The NP provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management, practicing to the full extent of their education, training, and certification. Core functions are outlined in the clinical privileges corresponding to the position.

The position requires independent management of patients with acute and chronic health conditions, with emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice. The NP develops individualized care plans, collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, orders and interprets tests, prescribes interventions, makes referrals, educates patients and families, and adjusts care plans to support optimal outcomes. The role exemplifies VA's ICARE values: Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.

Requirements

• Graduate from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing and hold a post-master's certificate, master's degree, or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Maintain an active, current, full, and unrestricted APN license to practice as an NP in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Maintain current basic board certification as a Nurse Practitioner in an accepted specialty from ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body in the area of academic preparation.
• Be proficient in spoken and written English.
• Be proficient in spoken Spanish.
• Meet the Nurse II qualifications: basic APN education requirements; no experience is required at this grade level.
• For Nurse III qualification, meet the basic APN education requirement and have one year of specialized APN experience equivalent to Nurse II.
• Meet the applicable scope, education and experience, and dimension criteria for the grade sought.
• Meet U.S. citizenship requirements, except where non-citizens may be appointed under VA policy.
• Complete required testing, background/security investigation, onboarding, identification, and pre-employment physical examination requirements.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Register with Selective Service if male and born after December 31, 1959.
• Acknowledge that a probationary period may be required.

Nice To Haves

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in a Urology clinical service.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention through evidence-based practice.
• Develop and implement individualized plans to achieve optimal population health and disease management.
• Demonstrate leadership and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.
• Order and interpret laboratory tests, other tests, and diagnostic studies.
• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Initiate referrals and consults to specialty services.
• Educate patients and their families.
• Assess and adjust plans of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Exemplify the ICARE core values of Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year, consisting of 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid Federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting.
• Federal 401(k) with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level