Nurse Practitioner (Women's Health)

Quick Facts

• Role: Advanced Practice Nurse Certified Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) in Primary Care (Women’s Health)

Description

Provide full-range primary care and women’s health services, emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the VA mission. Independently manage a panel of patients, develop individualized population-health and disease-management plans, and deliver advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management. Perform office procedures including Nexplanon insertion/removal, IUD insertion/removal, endometrial biopsy, and colposcopy.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage patients with acute and chronic conditions with a focus on women’s health and sex-related care

• Develop and implement individualized plans to achieve optimal population health and disease management

• Order and interpret labs, tests, and diagnostic studies

• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions

• Perform in-office procedures: Nexplanon insertion/removal, IUD insertion/removal, endometrial biopsy, colposcopy

• Assess and adjust the plan of care to achieve optimal patient outcomes

• Use critical thinking to assess and manage complex clinical situations

• Lead and collaborate with the Women’s Health Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) and interdisciplinary team members within an HRO framework

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular salary increases and potential performance awards

• Paid Time Off: 50 days/year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 federal holidays)

• Retirement: traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K (up to 5% VA contributions)

• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many programs can be carried into retirement)

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory

• Work schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30am–4:00pm (subject to change to meet agency needs)

• EDRP Authorized (eligibility rules apply); relocation/recruitment incentives not authorized

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (or non-citizen appointment only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited per VA policy)

• English language proficiency

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) OR meet VA-approved bridge/foreign education pathway

• Current, full, active, unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state/territory/commonwealth (or DC)

• Maintain current WHNP board certification from the National Certification Corporation

• Complete pre-employment requirements including onboarding and physical evaluation

• Pass background/security investigation and required drug testing (subject to random testing)

• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program

• Selective Service registration required for eligible males

• Complete all application requirements listed in the announcement

• EDRP eligibility: submit EDRP application within 4 months of appointment; former EDRP participants ineligible

Preferred Experience

• Women’s Health Primary Care Nurse Practitioner