Summary

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families - caregivers - and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

Duties

• The Care in the Community (CITC) Nurse Practitioner is responsible for identifying MISSION Act eligibility and guidelines - understanding use of standard episodes of care (SEOCs) - reviewing - and summarizing medical documentation - determining appropriateness of request for services - entering new requests for services as needed - and continuation of care as required
• Incumbent is responsible to perform both clinical and administrative duties - ensuring quality patient care and appropriateness/timeliness of services
• Incumbent works directly with CITC staff in the delivery of community care services to our Veteran population
• Incumbent assists CITC to fill in gaps that Primary Care and Specialty Care providers at the VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS) leave in the ordering and review of care to be delivered by community providers
• Incumbent functions as an independent member of the interdisciplinary team to ensure that the Veteran receives all care and services as required by their healthcare needs
• The incumbent independently manages consults and referrals for patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice
• The NP collaborates with patients - families - and the health care team to develop and implement an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management and will assess and adjust the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
• The NP is responsible for ordering and interpreting labs - tests - and diagnostic studies - and prescribing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
• The incumbent provides education to patients and their families
• The NP provides case management for clinical review of consults and referrals to include specialty
• 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 - Friday (8:00am - 4:30pm) Telework: Occasional Ad-hoc (According to VA guidelines.) Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards