Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) - Chronic Pain Management

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nurse Total Rewards

Paid Time Off

Federal benefits

Job summary

The Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) - Chronic Pain Management at Veterans Health Administration primarily provides pain services to veterans in support of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) as part of the Pain Management Team.

Duties include conducting histories and exams, delivering outpatient care, screening patients, prescribing within scope, ordering diagnostic tests, education, and participating in pain care committees under the VHA Stepped Care Model.

Responsibilities

• Conduct history and physical examinations during in-person, telephone and virtual encounters.
• Provide ongoing outpatient care for assigned patients according to VHA policies and guidelines.
• Screen outpatients to determine the need for further care.
• Prescribe medications within defined scope of practice.
• Order diagnostic studies (e.g., X-rays, labs, ECG).
• Enter notes on procedures performed and responsibilities held.
• Educate and counsel patients and families on preventive care, medical conditions, and treatments.
• Support pain care committees and inter-disciplinary pain care forums.
• Treat pain complaints in complex cases alongside other pain staff per the VHA model.
• Provide coverage and receive coverage when staff are on leave.

Job description

Summary

The Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) - Chronic Pain Management primarily functions to provide pain services to veterans in support of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) as part of the Pain Management Team (i.e. - PMT).

Duties

• Duties for this position include - but are not limited to: Performs consultations - including history and physical examinations during in-person - telephone and virtual encounters
• Provides ongoing outpatient care for assigned patients in accordance to VHA policies and evidence-based treatment guidelines
• Screens outpatients to determine need for further care
• Prescribes medications within defined scope of practice
• Orders diagnostic studies
• (e.g
• x-rays - lab tests - ECG)
• Initiates and expedites requests for consultations and scheduling special tests and studies
• Enters notes on procedures performed for which the NP is responsible
• Provides education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care - medical conditions - and use of prescribed treatments and drugs
• Supports a high functioning Pain Committee that includes stakeholders from across the facility - and supporting subcommittees - task forces/work groups as indicated
• Supports OSI reviews - data-based risk reviews for opioid-exposed patients (including Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) data-based reviews) - and other interdisciplinary pain care forums
• Actively treats pain complaints in complex cases alongside other pain staff - in accordance to the VHA Stepped Care Model of Pain
• Provides coverage and receives coverage from other pain care staff during times of staff leave
• 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: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM - Monday - Friday
• Subject to change based on the needs of the facility
• Telework: Not Available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.