Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care)

Veterans Health Administration • Mountain Home, ID

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner practices in Primary Care Service as a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification. The role provides a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs mission. The Nurse Practitioner delivers advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management within the scope of their education, training, and certification, including prescriptive authority for an assigned patient panel or program.

The team includes the provider, an RN, an LPN or MA, and a scheduler, caring for a panel of approximately 900 patients. Mountain Home CBOC is a small clinic with about two PACT teams. The position is scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; telework and virtual work are not available. Relocation or recruitment incentives may be authorized for highly qualified candidates, while permanent change of station is not authorized.

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), subject to program eligibility and approval. Applicants must submit an EDRP application within four months of appointment. The program office determines approval, award amount (up to $200,000), and eligibility period (one to five years); former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.

Applicants must meet VA employment conditions, including U.S. citizenship subject to the stated policy exception, English proficiency for direct patient care, applicable Selective Service registration, background and security screening, pre-employment drug testing for testing-designated positions, a physical evaluation, and participation in seasonal influenza vaccination. A probationary period may be required. The position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

Requirements

• Graduate from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing and hold a post-master's certificate or master's or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Maintain 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 basic board certification as an FNP, ANP, AGPCNP, or GNP from ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body in the area of academic preparation.
• Meet the Nurse II requirements: basic APN education; no experience is required at this entry grade. Demonstrate evidence-based clinical practice, outcome focus, team leadership, professional development, and professional communication and collegiality.
• For Nurse III consideration, meet the basic APN education requirement and have one year of specialized APN experience equivalent to Nurse II.
• Demonstrate English proficiency for direct patient care.
• Meet applicable VA conditions of employment, including citizenship requirements, background/security screening, pre-employment evaluation, and required influenza vaccination participation.

Nice To Haves

• Relocation or recruitment incentives may be authorized for highly qualified candidates; these are not qualifications.

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.
• Order and interpret diagnostic studies.
• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Assess and adjust plans of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Initiate referrals and consults to specialty services.
• Educate patients and their families.
• Demonstrate leadership and collaborate with the Primary Care Team and other interdisciplinary team members.
• Exemplify the ICARE core values of Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.
• At Nurse Practitioner III level, lead and implement evidence-based changes to improve care quality and timeliness, initiate and lead interdisciplinary teams, and disseminate acquired knowledge and skills.

Benefits

• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), subject to eligibility and approval, with an award of up to $200,000 and an eligibility period of one to five years.
• 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 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