Nurse Practitioner (CNP) - Primary Care Provider/Wisconsin Rapids, WI CBOC
About The Position
The Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP) - Primary Care Provider practices in Medicine Services, providing a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs mission. The position provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management at the Tomah, WI VA Medical Center’s Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The announcement is multidisciplinary and may be filled by either a Physician or a Nurse Practitioner. The CNP independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic conditions, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention through evidence-based practice. The role develops and implements individualized care plans, collaborates with the Primary Care Team and interdisciplinary colleagues, and adjusts care to support optimal patient outcomes. The position requires flexibility in schedule and assignments, including responsibility for assigned clinic locations.
Requirements
- Be a graduate of a professional nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time the program was completed.
- Hold a post-master’s certificate, master’s degree, or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
- Maintain an active, current, full, and unrestricted advanced practice nurse license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
- Maintain current basic board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, or Gerontology Nurse Practitioner from ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body in the area of academic preparation.
- For Nurse Practitioner III qualification, have one year of specialized APN (NP) experience equivalent to Nurse II. No experience is required for Nurse II.
- Demonstrate the applicable Nurse II or Nurse III competencies in clinical practice, outcome focus, leadership, professional development, and professionalism/collegiality.
- Be proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- Meet U.S. citizenship requirements, subject to the stated exception for non-citizens when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
- Meet applicable pre-employment requirements, including drug screening, background/security investigation, physical evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination.
- Be willing to serve a probationary period if required.
- Accommodate flexibility in schedule and assignments and responsibility for assigned clinic locations.
- Meet the physical demands associated with advanced practice nursing, which may include physical assessment, extended periods of walking, standing, or sitting, moderate lifting, repeated bending, or kneeling.
Nice To Haves
- One year of Primary Care experience is highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Independently manage a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice.
- Develop and implement individualized plans to achieve optimal population health and disease management.
- Demonstrate leadership and collaborate with the Primary Care Team and other interdisciplinary team members.
- Order and interpret laboratory tests, other tests, and diagnostic studies.
- Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
- Initiate referrals and consultations to specialty services.
- Provide education to patients and their families.
- Assess and adjust plans of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
- Demonstrate the ICARE core values: Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.
Benefits
- Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) student loan reimbursement, subject to eligibility and program approval; awards may be up to $200,000 over an eligibility period of one to five years.
- Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
- Up to 50 days of paid time off per year, including 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
- Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting and a 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 may be carried into retirement.
- A full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory.
- Relocation or recruitment incentives may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
