Advanced Practice Nurse (Employee Occupational Health)

Veterans Health Administration • Buffalo, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) works in the Employee Occupational Health (EOH) Program, providing employee occupational health services. The role includes health promotion, assessment of health status and potential for disease development, and evaluation and management of occupation-associated illness and disease. The EOH APN provides services in accordance with VA Handbook 5019/6, Part I, with administrative advice and assistance from the Human Resources Management Office. The practitioner collaborates with the Employee Occupational Health care team and advocates for health promotion and disease prevention within the facility.

The position is scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Compressed or flexible scheduling is not authorized. Ad-hoc telework may be permitted, as determined by the service in accordance with VA policy; this is not a virtual position. Relocation and recruitment incentives, permanent change of station, and PCS appraised value offers are not authorized.

The position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status. A probationary period may be required. The VA offers a total rewards package that includes competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential performance awards, paid leave, retirement benefits, and federal insurance programs.

Requirements

• A post-master's certificate, master's degree, or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Graduation from a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by ACEN or CCNE when the program was completed.
• An active, current, full, and unrestricted APN license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Maintain current, full basic board certification in an eligible Nurse Practitioner specialty: FNP, ANP, AGPCNP, ACNP, AGACNP, or GNP, from ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body in the area of academic preparation.
• U.S. citizenship, unless qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Pass a pre-employment physical evaluation or examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Applicants tentatively selected for testing-designated VA positions must undergo urinalysis for illegal drug use; refusing the test results in denial of employment.
• Subject to background and security investigation; selected applicants must complete online onboarding and provide acceptable identification.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Meet the applicable Nurse Practitioner qualification criteria for the grade: Nurse II requires the basic education requirements and has no experience requirement; Nurse III requires the basic education requirements and one year of specialized APN experience equivalent to Nurse II.
• Foreign nursing education must be validated through a recognized degree-equivalency evaluation agency, unless the stated equivalent-degree, licensure, and certification conditions are met.

Nice To Haves

• One year of Primary Care or Employee Occupational Health experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pre-placement examinations.
• Conduct interval employee physicals.
• Evaluate and treat occupational injuries.
• Provide emergency treatment for illnesses that are potentially work-related.
• Advise employees who become sick at work.
• Oversee administration of appropriate immunizations.
• Conduct surveillance of employees with exposure or potential exposure to hazardous substances.
• Collaborate with the Employee Occupational Health care team and advocate for health promotion and disease prevention within the facility.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Primary Care Service Chief.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year: 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 VA contributions of up to 5%.
• 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