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About The Position

Requirements

• Post-master's certificate, master's degree, or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Graduate of an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing; qualifying accreditation includes ACEN or CCNE at the time the program was completed, or validated foreign-education equivalency.
• Active, current, full, and unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Maintain current, full basic board certification from ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body in the Nurse Practitioner’s area of academic preparation.
• Meet the Nurse II requirements for the entry-level grade; no experience is required at Nurse II.
• For Nurse III qualification, meet the basic education requirements and have one year of specialized Nurse Practitioner experience equivalent to Nurse II.
• Demonstrate evidence-based clinical practice, patient-panel or population management, effective communication, professional conduct, teamwork, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Meet U.S. citizenship requirements, subject to the stated exception for non-citizens when qualified U.S. citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Be proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Meet applicable Selective Service registration requirements.
• Complete required background/security investigation, onboarding, and pre-employment physical evaluation or examination.
• Applicants tentatively selected for a testing-designated position are subject to pre-employment urinalysis; refusal results in denial of VA employment.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Physical capacity for clinical duties that may involve walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, reaching, pushing, pulling, and moderate lifting or carrying up to 35 pounds, using safe patient-handling guidelines; use assistance or mechanical lifts for heavier weights.
• Have adequate vision to perform assigned duties, distinguish basic colors, and safely assess patients and the environment; ability to hear sufficiently to perform duties is required, and hearing aids are permitted.

Nice To Haves

• Experience caring for patients with diabetes, including experience with insulin pumps.

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 interdisciplinary teams.
• Order and interpret laboratory tests, other 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.
• Exemplify the ICARE core values of Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.
• Evaluate patient-care delivery systems using research and evidence-based practice, and contribute to improvements in care quality and timeliness.
• Participate in interdisciplinary teams and processes that positively affect patient outcomes.
• For Nurse Practitioner III-level duties, lead interdisciplinary teams and implement changes that improve care and outcomes across a patient panel, population, or program.

Benefits

• 50 days of paid time off annually: 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 VA contributions of up to 5%.
• 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.