Advanced Registered Nurse

Job Title

Pulmonary /Sleep Nurse Practitioner

Duties

The Pulmonary /Sleep Nurse Practitioner executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patients. He/she can work regular tours, as well as off tours. Pulmonary/Sleep Nurse Practitioner has advanced education, knowledge, clinical skills, and experience necessary to provide expert care to the outpatients or to acutely ill, hospitalized patients. The incumbent works collaboratively with Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine attending physicians, consultants, trainees, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, case managers, and other medical specialists to ensure compliance with all existing Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine best practices and performance measures. The incumbent will also help to develop and support clinical initiatives that improve overall patient care and patient flow through the various levels of care. This position requires flexibility in schedule and assignments as deemed necessary. The incumbent must be poised and articulate in communicating with people of varied educational levels and varied ethnic backgrounds and will to work cooperatively as a member of a team in all assignments. He/she will make caring form the veteran hi/her priority while in the work setting and demonstrates customer service principles in all aspects of work. The Nurse Practitioner will complete all mandatory and annual competency training for equipment, procedures.

Benefits

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 - 3:30 pm or 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized

Telework: 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