Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Spinal Cord Injury & Disorder Center

Veterans Health Administration • Minneapolis, MN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders (SCI/D) Inpatient Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) provides attending-provider services to a panel of Veterans in accordance with licensure, privileges, scope of practice, or functional statement. The APRN works in a collaborative agreement with the SCI/D Medical Director. The assignment may also include outpatient work.

The SCI/D-ORP follows a special-populations primary and specialty care cohort for qualifying patients. This population may include Veterans with traumatic spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, paraplegia, quadriplegia/tetraplegia, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, pressure injuries, congestive heart failure, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorders. The program addresses the longitudinal primary and specialty care needs of aging or newly diagnosed Veterans with complex, chronic, disabling diseases.

The role delivers care through home visits and multiple communication and care-delivery methods, including secure messaging, telephone care, view-alert management, shared medical appointments, video telehealth, and in-person visits. The APRN collaborates with Veterans, families, interdisciplinary teams, and PACT staff to plan and coordinate holistic care, support care transitions and community reintegration, and improve outcomes for Veterans enrolled in the SCI/D Registry and home-care program.

The position is generally scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telework is not available. VA offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay and potential performance awards, paid time off, retirement benefits, and federal insurance programs.

Requirements

• Graduate from an approved school of professional nursing accredited by ACEN or CCNE, with a post-master’s certificate or master’s or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Maintain an active, current, full, and unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Maintain current basic board certification as an FNP, ANP, AGPCNP, or GNP through ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body in the area of academic preparation.
• Meet the Nurse II scope, education, experience, and dimension criteria, including evidence-based clinical practice, outcome focus, leadership, professional development, and professionalism/collegiality.
• For Nurse III qualification, have one year of specialized APN (NP) experience equivalent to Nurse II and meet the Nurse III scope and dimension criteria.
• Demonstrate English-language proficiency in basic written and spoken English for direct patient care.
• Be a U.S. citizen, except where VA policy permits appointment of non-citizens when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Meet applicable background and security requirements, complete onboarding and required application documentation, and pass a pre-employment physical evaluation.
• Participate in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements if applicable.
• Applicants selected for a testing-designated position must undergo pre-appointment urinalysis; refusal results in denial of employment.
• A full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory is listed in the VA total-rewards information.

Nice To Haves

• At least one year of experience as an APRN.

Responsibilities

• Provide attending-provider services to a panel of Veterans in accordance with licensure privileges, scope of practice, or functional statement.
• Follow a qualifying special-populations primary and specialty care cohort through the SCI/D-ORP.
• Deliver primary and specialty care in patients’ homes and through secure messaging, telephone care, view-alert management, shared medical appointments, video telehealth, and face-to-face visits.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and PACT staff to develop personal health care plans that incorporate appropriate care management and coordination.
• Provide team leadership, including delegation of appropriate care and care processes to team members.
• Provide evidence-based care and coordinate care transitions and home care for Veterans with spinal cord injuries.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary care team to reduce admissions, inpatient days, length of stay, urgent-care or emergency-department visits, and to support community reintegration after rehabilitation or a change in residence.
• Assess, plan, implement, coordinate, and evaluate holistic care for patients enrolled in the SCI/D Registry.
• Use data-driven and value-based care principles focused on outcomes to improve population health in the SCI/D home-care program.
• Incorporate patients’ developmental stage, gender, cultural background, and learning needs into care, while adhering to ethical principles and nursing standards.
• Perform other administrative duties.

Benefits

• 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 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.
• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.

What This Job Offers

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