Nurse Practitioner- Primary Care

Veterans Health Administration • Minneapolis, MN

13d

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Nurse Certified Nurse Practitioner works in Primary Care Service, providing a full range of services focused on quality, timeliness, and advancing the Veterans Affairs mission. The role includes telemedicine and travel from the Twin Cities metro area to Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) to cover gaps in provider coverage. The Nurse Practitioner provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management, and may be required to provide gap coverage or travel to CBOCs as determined by the supervisor. The provider will serve as a designated women's provider and complete mandatory VHA training. The position is described as a 13-month not-to-exceed appointment, to be discussed during the interview phase.

The position follows a schedule of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with varying shifts. Applicants must hold an appropriate advanced nursing degree and active, unrestricted licensure and board certification, subject to the qualifications described in the announcement.

Requirements

• Be a U.S. citizen, subject to the stated exception for non-citizen appointments under VA policy.
• Be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Hold a post-master's certificate, master's degree, or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Graduate from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing; foreign education must be validated through a recognized degree-equivalency evaluation agency.
• 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 Nurse Practitioner experience equivalent to Nurse II; no experience is required for Nurse II.
• Sign a Memorandum of Understanding regarding deployment responsibilities before accepting a final employment offer.
• Complete required pre-employment drug screening, background/security investigation, online onboarding, and pre-employment physical evaluation, and maintain CDT physical readiness.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Meet the physical demands of strenuous activity, including carrying people and equipment, walking long distances over difficult terrain, running, climbing, working long hours in austere or arduous conditions, prolonged standing, bending, and stooping.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete all application requirements listed in the announcement's Required Documents section.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention through 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 work, tests, and diagnostic studies.
• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Initiate referrals and consultations to specialty services.
• Educate 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.
• Travel to CBOCs or provide provider gap coverage as directed by the supervisor.
• Serve as a designated women's provider and complete mandatory VHA training.

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 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