PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION/PAIN CLINIC NURSE PRACTITIONER

Job Title

Nursing Position

Duties

Major duties not limited to but may include:

• Applies the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to systems or processes at the unit level to provide patient-driven holistic care.
• Provide nursing and medical services to Veterans and their families/caregivers in both individual and group settings.
• Emphasize health promotion and disease prevention; diagnose and manage acute, chronic and episodic illnesses.
• NP practice dimensions may include but are not limited to ordering, conducting, supervising and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests and prescription of pharmacologic agents and non-pharmacologic therapies.
• Teaches and counsels Veterans, families/caregivers and groups.
• Demonstrates leadership by involving the HBPC staff in providing customized, evidence-based patient-driven care.
• Designs, implements and revises interdisciplinary patient-driven holistic care plan for life.
• Maintains privacy and confidentiality of all patient information, including electronic, print, and conversations.
• Provides patient-driven care in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner, using evidence based principles.
• Serves as a professional leader in the health care delivery systems and embraces lifelong learning.

Benefits

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

• 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: M-F, TBD
• Telework: Not Available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized