Nurse Practitioner (Advanced Practice Nurse) – Home-Based Primary Care

Quick Facts

• Role: Advanced Practice Nurse / Nurse Practitioner (Home-Based Primary Care)

• Practice setting: Home-based primary care with an emphasis on providing care across acute and chronic conditions

• Work schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30am–4:00pm (virtual: not a virtual position; telework: ad-hoc)

Description

The Nurse Practitioner provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management by practicing to the full extent of education, training, and certification. Responsibilities include independently managing a panel of patients, performing assessments and history/physical exams, ordering and interpreting labs and diagnostic studies, prescribing interventions, and coordinating referrals. Care is documented in the computerized medical record and aligned with VA mission and core values.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a patient panel with acute and chronic conditions, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention

• Develop and implement individualized plans to improve population health and disease management

• Order and interpret labs, tests, and diagnostic studies; provide timely follow-up on results

• Perform and record history and physical examinations

• Enter progress notes in the computerized medical record and complete workload documentation

• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions

• Initiate referrals and consults to specialty services

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

• Provide education to patients and families; consult other specialties as appropriate

Benefits

• Competitive salary with potential performance awards and regular salary increases

• Paid time off: 50 days/year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays)

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

• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care options (often portable into retirement)

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

• Work schedule: Monday–Friday 7:30am–4:00pm