Family Nurse Practitioner
About The Position
The Montevideo VA Community Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) is seeking a Family Nurse Practitioner to provide comprehensive patient care. This role involves assessing, diagnosing, and managing patient health problems, including prescribing necessary treatments. The Nurse Practitioner will utilize advanced practice registered nursing skills based on their education, training, and experience. Responsibilities include advanced patient assessment and diagnosis, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, performing procedures, and applying therapeutic measures to improve patient health status. The role also encompasses providing palliative and end-of-life care, advanced counseling, patient education, health education, and patient advocacy.
Requirements
- Must have a Master's degree in nursing.
- Must have a current and unrestricted license in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.
- Must be certified by the AANP.
- Must have a current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from a provider recognized by the American Heart Association.
- Must have at least 3 years of experience.
Responsibilities
- Responsible and accountable for assessment, diagnosis, and management of patient problems, including prescription of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
- Advanced practice registered nursing by certified nurse practitioners is based on knowledge and skills acquired throughout an advanced practice registered nurse's nursing education, training, and experience.
- Advanced nursing patient assessment and diagnosis.
- Ordering diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures, performing those tests and procedures when using health care equipment, and interpreting and using the results of diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures ordered by the advanced practice registered nurse or another health care professional.
- Ordering treatments, ordering, or applying appropriate medical devices, and using nursing, medical, therapeutic, and corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
- Providing palliative and end-of-life care.
- Providing advanced counseling, patient education, health education, and patient advocacy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
