Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) - Primary Care (Float)

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Oxford (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off (50 days/yr)

Traditional pension + 401K

Federal health/vision/dental

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs seeks qualified healthcare professionals to provide short or long-term coverage for a primary care panel. The role involves travel to diverse locations, walk-in coverage, virtual visits, and collaboration with the PACT team to implement comprehensive care plans.

The position emphasizes patient-driven goals, holistic health strategies, and coordination with nursing and support staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide short or long-term coverage for a panel of patients in the primary care service
• Require intermittent and often frequent travel to various locations
• Provide walk-in coverage - assist with performance improvement activities to improve quality metrics - conduct virtual care visits to other locations - or assist with other clinical duties as assigned
• Performs independently or in collaboration with the provider to carry out the plan of care for the Veteran
• Delegates to other PACT members - but is responsible for diagnosing and treating medical problems - care coordination to higher level of care - and making complex clinical decisions
• Serve as the leader of the PACT teamlet - that consists of an RN - LPN/Clinical Associate - and Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA)
• Optimizes care delivery and provides care to patients with acute problems - patients undergoing transitions of care - and patients with chronic conditions who would benefit in developing and performing self-management skills for chronic conditions especially diabetes - hypertension - CHF - hyperlipidemia - pain - and depression
• Utilizes motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate patient development of patient driven goals for health optimization and will be required to attend a formal Motivational Interviewing course
• Demonstrate leadership in delivering and improving holistic care by utilizing health promotion and disease prevention and whole health strategies
• Uses face to face - telephone - and video virtual care visits - and secure messaging - to provide care to patients
• Develops the appropriate plan of care and tracks patient outcomes to determine if interventions are effective
• Document timely - appropriately - and effectively in the medical record
• ensure the patient's care plan contains medical recommendations for clinically indicated care
• and communicate test results and plans of care to patients or ensure this is accomplished by clinical support staff in a timely and effective manner
• Performs clinical assessments
• triages face to face or virtually
• in collaboration with the patient to identify goals for optimizing health
• provides patient/family education to improve outcomes - evaluates patient's progress or lack of progress toward achieving goals
• and performs case management activities and care coordination activities for those patients assigned to the team who require those services
• Participate in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care delivery
• provide leadership to the PACT including shared delegation of appropriate care and care processes to appropriate team members
• Report directly to the Primary Care Director and/or Associate Chief of Staff of Primary Care
• Other duties assigned 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: 7:30am-4:00pm or 8:00am- 4:30pm Monday- Friday - some weekends and evenings based on the needs of service
• Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact [e-mail] - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
• Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Job description

Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Duties

• DUTIES: Provide short or long-term coverage for a panel of patients in the primary care service
• Require intermittent and often frequent travel to various locations
• Provide walk-in coverage - assist with performance improvement activities to improve quality metrics - conduct virtual care visits to other locations - or assist with other clinical duties as assigned
• Performs independently or in collaboration with the provider to carry out the plan of care for the Veteran
• Delegates to other Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) members - but is responsible for diagnosing and treating medical problems - care coordination to higher level of care - and making complex clinical decisions
• Serve as the leader of the PACT teamlet - that consists of an RN - LPN/Clinical Associate - and Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA)
• Optimizes care delivery and provides care to patients with acute problems - patients undergoing transitions of care - and patients with chronic conditions who would benefit in developing and performing self-management skills for chronic conditions especially diabetes - hypertension - CHF - hyperlipidemia - pain - and depression
• Utilizes motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate patient development of patient driven goals for health optimization and will be required to attend a formal Motivational Interviewing course
• Demonstrate leadership in delivering and improving holistic care by utilizing health promotion and disease prevention and whole health strategies
• Uses face to face - telephone - and video virtual care visits - and secure messaging - to provide care to patients
• Develops the appropriate plan of care and tracks patient outcomes to determine if interventions are effective
• Document timely - appropriately - and effectively in the medical record
• ensure the patient's care plan contains medical recommendations for clinically indicated care
• and communicate test results and plans of care to patients or ensure this is accomplished by clinical support staff in a timely and effective manner
• Performs clinical assessments
• triages face to face or virtually
• in collaboration with the patient to identify goals for optimizing health
• provides patient/family education to improve outcomes - evaluates patient's progress or lack of progress toward achieving goals
• and performs case management activities and care coordination activities for those patients assigned to the team who require those services
• Participate in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care delivery
• provide leadership to the PACT including shared delegation of appropriate care and care processes to appropriate team members
• Report directly to the Primary Care Director and/or Associate Chief of Staff of Primary Care
• Other duties assigned 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: 7:30am-4:00pm or 8:00am- 4:30pm Monday- Friday - some weekends and evenings based on the needs of service
• Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact [e-mail] - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
• Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required