Advanced Practice Nurse - Home Based Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Minneapolis (MN); In loco; USD 110.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

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Paid Time Off: 50 days per year

Federal pension (5 years vesting)

Federal health/vision/dental/long‑ter

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The Minneapolis VA Health Care System is seeking a Home Based Primary Care APRN who will perform physical assessments, engage in therapeutic problem solving, counseling, consultation, and provide collaborative case management with an interdisciplinary team.

The APRN will prescribe medications and therapies within the guidelines of the practice agreement, teach patients and families, triage, and coordinate care with other disciplines.

Competenze

• BLS certification required.

Mansioni

• Performs physical assessments and engages in therapeutic problem solving, counseling, and consultation.
• Provides independent case management and collaborates with physicians and health care team.
• Prescribes medications and other therapies within practice guidelines.

Conoscenze

Physical assessments

Counseling

Case management

Collaborative care

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Summary

The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Special Population Pact Aligned Care Team (PACT) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) provides primary care to an assigned panel of Veterans in accordance with licensure privileges - scope of practice or functional statement. The Nurse Practitioner for Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) will perform physical assessments - engage in therapeutic problem solving - counseling - consultation - & provide collaborative case management with an interdisciplinary team.

Duties

• Minneapolis VA Health Care System is a Complexity Level-1A tertiary teaching health care organization providing an array of inpatient and outpatient multidisciplinary care in an Integrated Clinical Community (ICC) structure including Primary Care - Specialty Medicine - Surgical Care - Behavioral & Mental Health and Rehabilitation & Extended Care services
• Duties include - but are not - limited to: Performs physical assessments - engages in therapeutic problem solving - counseling - consultation - and provides independent case management
• Orders - interprets - and follows up on diagnostic tests
• Initiates consults to other disciplines
• Collaborates with physicians and other members of health care team
• Prescribes medications and other therapies within the guidelines of the specific practice agreement
• Teaches patient - family - other staff and students
• Triages and applies a collaborative team approach in identifying - analyzing - and resolving patient care problems
• BLS certification is required for this position and can be obtained upon hire
• Facilitation of Homecare referrals and recommendations to support ongoing veteran needs
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday - 8:00am to 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Situational ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized